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おどし
Meanings
Noun
1. threat
Yes, what I am saying is neither a joke nor a threat.
2. bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
Alt. forms
脅おどし
94%
おどし
3%
嚇おどし
威おどし
Pitch accent
お
どし
Used in: 116
Used in vocabulary (9 in total)
empty threat; bluff; paper tiger
water-filled bamboo tube which clacks against a stone when emptied (orig. used for keeping birds and wildlife away)
to threaten; to terrify; to frighten
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Examples (6 in total)
It is a way of speaking close to a threat.
I want to believe it's just a threat, but...
His request was tantamount to a threat.
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