挑む

Japanese

Kanji in this term
いど
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [ìdóꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [ido̞mɯ̟]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「挑む
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
挑む [ìdóꜜmù]
Imperative (命令形) 挑め [ìdóꜜmè]
Key constructions
Passive 挑まれる どまれ [ìdómáréꜜrù]
Causative 挑ませる どませ [ìdómáséꜜrù]
Potential 挑める どめ [ìdóméꜜrù]
Volitional 挑もう ども [ìdómóꜜò]
Negative 挑まない どまない [ìdómáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 挑まなかった どまなかった [ìdómáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 挑みます どみま [ìdómímáꜜsù]
Perfective 挑んだ んだ [ìdóꜜǹdà]
Conjunctive 挑んで んで [ìdóꜜǹdè]
Hypothetical conditional 挑めば めば [ìdóꜜmèbà]

Verb

(いど) • (idomutransitive godan (stem (いど) (idomi), past (いど)んだ (idonda))

  1. challenge someone, defy a person

(いど) • (idomutransitive or intransitive godan (stem (いど) (idomi), past (いど)んだ (idonda))

  1. make an attempt, try, accept a challenge
    • 2025 July 23, “トラフグ 夏も味わって”, in 中日新聞(市民版) [Chunichi Shimbun (citizen's edition)], morning edition, number 29682, page 13:
      海水温が上がり漁獲量が減る中、安定した生産に挑んでいる。トラフグの陸上養殖は県内で初めてという。
      Kaisuion ga agari gyokakuryō ga heru naka, antei shita seisan ni idonde iru. Torafugu no rikujō yōshoku wa kennai de hajimete to iu.
      As sea temperatures rise and catches decrease, they are striving to ensure stable production. This is said to be the first land-based farming of tiger puffer fish in the prefecture.

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