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挑む is an exact match with one form of the following word:
挑む
BOOST
Reading : いどむ   
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to challenge; to throw down the gauntlet; to contend for; to tackle
2. to pressure someone for sex; to woo; to make love to
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 6 (among the 15,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 78,768 which gives a rank of 9,187
挑む is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 26,000 (about 24,100,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N1
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 4118
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 46 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
まおう
魔王
かみ
やきゅう
野球
しょうぶ
勝負
いど
んだ

The devil challenged God to a baseball game.
かのじょ
彼女
つぎつぎ
次々
ろんせん
論戦
いど
んでいる

She has waded into one controversy after another.
ベティ
わたし
テニス
しあい
試合
いど
んだ

Betty challenged me to a game of tennis.
いどむ
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 208,000 (about 199,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 46 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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チョウ   いど to challenge   
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hand
チョウ   きざ sign, indication   きざ to show signs (of)   
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スイ   みず water   
legs
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