ちょうせん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ちょうせん – see the following entries.
朝鮮
[proper noun] Korea (a geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country)
  1. Korea (a peninsula in East Asia, containing the countries of North Korea and South Korea; in full, Korean Peninsula)
[proper noun] North Korea (a country in East Asia, whose territory consists of the northern part of Korea)
挑戦
[noun] challenge (against authority or a higher-ranked person)
[noun] (figuratively) try at something
[verb] to challenge
[verb] (figuratively) to take on the challenge of doing something (especially something one has not done before); to try; to try one's hand at
潮汕
[proper noun] Chaoshan (a region in northeastern Guangdong, China)
(This term, ちょうせん (chōsen), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)