I Love Kanji挑む (idomu)
挑む (いどむ, idomu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- いどむ
- Romaji
- idomu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to contend for · godan verb, transitive
- to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to go after (a prize, record, etc.) · godan verb, intransitive
- to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
そのインディアンの群れは、ほんのちょっとでも怒らすと戦いを挑もうとした。
The band of Indians were ready to go on the warpath at the slightest provocation.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 挑む
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 挑む | いどむ idomu |
| Polite (~masu) | 挑みます | いどみます idomimasu |
| Negative | 挑まない | いどまない idomanai |
| Polite negative | 挑みません | いどみません idomimasen |
| Past | 挑んだ | いどんだ idonda |
| Polite past | 挑みました | いどみました idomimashita |
| Negative past | 挑まなかった | いどまなかった idomanakatta |
| Te-form | 挑んで | いどんで idonde |
| Potential | 挑める | いどめる idomeru |
| Passive | 挑まれる | いどまれる idomareru |
| Causative | 挑ませる | いどませる idomaseru |
| Volitional | 挑もう | いどもう idomou |
| Imperative | 挑め | いどめ idome |
| Conditional (~ba) | 挑めば | いどめば idomeba |
Kanji in 挑む
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 挑む.
Source: JMdict entry 1428230 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.