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いどむ · idomu

to challenge, to defy

JLPT N1 u-verb (godan)

Conjugation table

Form Japanese Reading
dictionary 挑む いどむ
polite 挑みます いどみます
polite negative 挑みません いどみません
polite past 挑みました いどみました
plain past 挑んだ いどんだ
plain negative 挑まない いどまない
te-form 挑んで いどんで

挑む in a sentence

  • Futsu seifu wa kokka yosan no choujiri o awaseru you nouzeisha ni idomu onraingeemu o uridashita.

    The French government has launched an online game that challenges taxpayers to balance the national budget.

Example sentences from the Tatoeba Project, CC-BY 2.0 FR, licensed for reuse.