脅し

Japanese

Kanji in this term
脅
おど
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
嚇し
威し

Etymology

連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 脅(おど)す (odosu).

Pronunciation

Noun

脅(おど)し • (odoshi) 

  1. threat
  2. device or contraption that scares away birds (on a field)

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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