おどす

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
脅す
嚇す
威す

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「脅す」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		脅す おどす
Imperative (命令形) 脅せ おどせ
Key constructions
Passive 脅される おどされる
Causative 脅させる おどさせる
Potential 脅せる おどせる
Volitional 脅そう おどそー
Negative 脅さない おどさない
Negative perfective 脅さなかった おどさなかった
Formal 脅します おどします
Perfective 脅した おどした
Conjunctive 脅して おどして
Hypothetical conditional 脅せば おどせば

Verb

Japanese verb pair
active おどす
mediopassive 怖じる

おどす • (odosu) transitive godan (stem おどし (odoshi), past おどした (odoshita))

  1. to threaten

Conjugation

Conjugation of "おどす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") おどさ odosa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") おどし odoshi
Shūshikei ("terminal") おどす odosu
Rentaikei ("attributive") おどす odosu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") おどせ odose
Meireikei ("imperative") おどせ odose
Key constructions
Passive おどされる odosareru
Causative おどさせる
おどさす 		odosaseru
odosasu
Potential おどせる odoseru
Volitional おどそう odosō
Negative おどさない odosanai
Negative continuative おどさず odosazu
Formal おどします odoshimasu
Perfective おどした odoshita
Conjunctive おどして odoshite
Hypothetical conditional おどせば odoseba
Classical conjugation of "おどす" (サ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) おどさ odosa
Continuative (連用形) おどし odosi
Terminal (終止形) おどす odosu
Attributive (連体形) おどす odosu
Realis (已然形) おどせ odose
Imperative (命令形) おどせ odose
Key constructions
Negative おどさず odosazu
Contrasting conjunction おどせど odosedo
Causal conjunction おどせば odoseba
Conditional conjunction おどさば odosaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) おどしき odosiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) おどしけり odosikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) おどしつ odositu
Perfect tense (natural event) おどしぬ odosinu
Perfect-continuative tense おどせり
おどしたり		 odoseri
odositari
Volitional おどさむ odosamu

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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