I Love Kanji脅す (odosu)
脅す (おどす, odosu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to threaten; to menace”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- おどす
- Romaji
- odosu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing) · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 脅す
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 脅す | おどす odosu |
| Polite (~masu) | 脅します | おどします odoshimasu |
| Negative | 脅さない | おどさない odosanai |
| Polite negative | 脅しません | おどしません odoshimasen |
| Past | 脅した | おどした odoshita |
| Polite past | 脅しました | おどしました odoshimashita |
| Negative past | 脅さなかった | おどさなかった odosanakatta |
| Te-form | 脅して | おどして odoshite |
| Potential | 脅せる | おどせる odoseru |
| Passive | 脅される | おどされる odosareru |
| Causative | 脅させる | おどさせる odosaseru |
| Volitional | 脅そう | おどそう odosou |
| Imperative | 脅せ | おどせ odose |
| Conditional (~ba) | 脅せば | おどせば odoseba |
Kanji in 脅す
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 脅す.
Source: JMdict entry 1238070 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.