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脅す (おどす): to threaten, to menace — Japanese vocabulary

脅す is read おどす and means "to threaten, to menace". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

脅す

Reading
おどす · odosu
Translation
to threaten, to menace
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
おどすがおどすが

Example

見知らぬ男が彼女をナイフで脅した。

みしらぬおとこがかのじょをナイフでおどした。

A strange man menaced her with a knife.

Kanji in this word

  • 脅 — threaten

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