挑む
N1いどむ idomu
- to challenge
- to contend for
- to make love to
godan verbtransitive
Chinese meanings
挑战
Examples
- 魔王が神に野球で勝負を挑んだ。The devil challenged God to a baseball game.魔王向神发起棒球挑战。
- ベティは私にテニスの試合を挑んだ。Betty challenged me to a game of tennis.贝蒂向我发起网球比赛挑战。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('71377eae9e'); // 挑む
{
"id": "71377eae9e",
"word": "挑む",
"reading": "いどむ",
"romaji": "idomu",
"meanings": [
"to challenge",
"to contend for",
"to make love to"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"v5m",
"vt"
],
"jmdict_id": 1428230,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "魔王が神に野球で勝負を挑んだ。",
"furigana": "{魔王|まおう}が{神|かみ}に{野球|やきゅう}で{勝負|しょうぶ}を{挑|いど}んだ。",
"en": "The devil challenged God to a baseball game.",
"tatoeba_id": 81445
},
{
"ja": "ベティは私にテニスの試合を挑んだ。",
"furigana": "ベティは{私|わたし}にテニスの{試合|しあい}を{挑|いど}んだ。",
"en": "Betty challenged me to a game of tennis.",
"tatoeba_id": 196752
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "586a2c61da5491cb9ff4f15ae5001bc91cdba9d3a2b3566692b2ebed89dbdace",
"meanings": [
"挑战"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "魔王が神に野球で勝負を挑んだ。",
"zh": "魔王向神发起棒球挑战。"
},
{
"ja": "ベティは私にテニスの試合を挑んだ。",
"zh": "贝蒂向我发起网球比赛挑战。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/71377eae9e",
"JMdict ent_seq 1428230; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "86fde8ad12311ae01f03ff267fe7475c8a99e9bbb4e97919890b128003b2030a",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}