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挑戦 [ichi1,news1,nf03]
【 ちょうせん [ichi1,news1,nf03] 】
1. [n,vs,vi]
▶ challenge
▶ defiance
▶ dare
▶ attempt
▶ try
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 1078020 チャレンジ 1. taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)

Conjugations


History:
3. A 2021-11-29 05:02:19  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
mk (2 senses)
  Diff: 
@@ -18,0 +19 @@
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
2. A 2013-04-19 22:37:59  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
GG5, ルミナス
  Comments: 
Seems fairly broad.
  Diff: 
@@ -21,0 +21,3 @@
+<gloss>dare</gloss>
+<gloss>attempt</gloss>
+<gloss>try</gloss>
1. A* 2013-04-19 22:13:30 
  Comments: 
Hi, the kind of "try out" meaning of 挑戦する, as given in the example sentence (スカイダイビングに挑戦したいのです = "I'd like to try out skydiving"), and as I have also seen elsewhere, does not seem very well expressed by the existing definitions "challenge; defiance [-> defy]".

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