Word · 単語
脅し
Reading おどし
threat
- 1 threat
- 2 bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
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例文 · examples
彼の要求は脅しに近かった。
His request was tantamount to a threat.
彼のおどしなどちっともこわくない。
I am not in the least afraid of his threats.
彼の言ったことは脅しにほかならなかった。
What he said was nothing less than a threat.
彼の脅しは単なる冗談かと思った。
We thought his threat was only a joke.
暴力や脅しによって金品を奪い去る事件も多発している。
Also many incidents of robbery by threats and violence are occurring.