Illustration: In a small pottery shop, an intimidating visitor holds a hammer poised above a carefully displayed handmade vase while extending the other hand toward the shopkeeper's open cash drawer. The visitor watches the shopkeeper rather than the vase, making the conditional demand apparent.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

脅きょう迫はく

kyouhaku

threat, intimidation

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは彼かれの脅迫きょうはくを少すこしも恐おそれていない。

    I am not in the least afraid of his threats.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 私わたしは彼かれの言葉ことばを脅迫きょうはくと解かいした。

    I interpreted his remark as a threat.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. この返答へんとうはほとんど脅迫きょうはくに近ちかい。

    This answer almost amounts to a threat.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 脅迫

  • 脅threaten; coerceOnキョウKunおびやかす・おどす・おどかす
  • 迫urge; forceOnハクKunせまる

A word like this on every new tab

The Bebop Chrome extension shows one illustrated Japanese word each time you open a new tab in Chrome, with its reading, meaning, kanji and three example sentences. Choose any mix of levels from N5 to beyond N1. It’s free, with no account.

The Bebop new tab showing 音楽, music, over an illustration of a family playing music at home, with three example sentences
Add to Chrome Free on the Chrome Web Store
For Chrome on a computer. See it on the Chrome Web Store