おどす
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
1. to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
I ended up doing something that amounted to threatening such a respectable person.
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Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
to threaten by outward appearance; to use bluff to intimidate; to make empty threats
Examples (15 in total)
You were being threatened.
Are you trying to threaten me?
Tom threatened to kill me.
You didn't threaten someone and take it from them, did you?
The manager threatened him with dismissal.
He's being threatened by a certain gangster.
Threatening me is useless, I won't say anything.
I have never been threatened.
A strange man threatened her with a knife.
Someone made a threat to kill that politician.
The workers are threatening to strike.
Three men menaced him with knives.
The police threatened to send her to jail.
She threatened to set our house on fire.
I ended up doing something that amounted to threatening such a respectable person.