Illustration: Behind the bicycle racks of an apartment courtyard, an older child holds a clenched fist close to a younger child's face while extending the other hand for a prized toy car. The younger child shrinks against the railing and reluctantly begins to offer the toy, eyes fixed on the fist.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

脅おどし

odoshi

threat

Example sentences

彼かれの要求ようきゅうは脅おどしに近ちかかった。
His request was tantamount to a threat.
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彼かれの脅おどしは単たんなる冗談じょうだんかと思おもった。
We thought his threat was only a joke.
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彼かれの言いったことは脅おどしにほかならなかった。
What he said was nothing less than a threat.
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Kanji in 脅

脅threaten; coerceOnキョウKunおびやかす・おどす・おどかす

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