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脅す

to threaten

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Conjugation of 脅す

This verb follows the godan conjugation pattern.
私/俺
Present informal tense
脅す
odosu
I threaten
Present informal negative tense
脅さない
odosanai
I don't threaten
Present formal tense
脅します
odoshimasu
I threaten
Present formal negative tense
脅しません
odoshimasen
I do not threaten
私/俺
Past informal tense
脅した
odoshita
I threatened
Past informal negative tense
脅さなかった
odosanakatta
I didn't threaten
Past formal tense
脅しました
odoshimashita
I threaten
Past formal negative tense
脅しませんでした
odoshimasen deshita
I did not threaten
私/俺
Imperative informal mood
脅せ
odose
threaten
Imperative negative mood
脅すな
odosu na
don't threaten
Imperative formal mood
脅してください
odoshite kudasai
please threaten
Imperative formal negative mood
脅さないでください
odosanai dekudasai
please do not threaten
私/俺
Te form - conjunctive stem
脅して
odoshite
threaten
Passive stem
脅される
odosareru
threatened
Hypothetical tense
脅せ
odose
if I threatened
Hypothetical conditional stem
脅せば
odoseba
threatened
私/俺
Volitional stem
脅そう
odosō
will threaten
Potential stem
脅せる
odoseru
threatened
Continuative stem
脅し
odoshi
threatening
Causative stem
脅させる
odosaseru
allow to threaten
私/俺
Imperfective stem
脅さ
odosa
threaten

Examples of 脅す

私達の場合は "脅す"とは言わない

We don't say "interrogation".

タイラーさんが自分のことを公表するとか 奥さんに言うとか　脅した？

Did Miss Tyler threaten to go public? Tell his wife?

俺達に町を出るよう 脅した

He threatened to run us out of town or worse.

脅した

I threatened you,

あれは"脅せ"という 意味だった

When I said, "Handle it," I meant fear and intimidation.

それって 脅し？

Are you blackmailing me?

暗殺とは思えない 脅し？

Doesn't feel like an assassination. So what, is it a threat?

脅し？

Threats?