日本語
Kanji
N1 10 strokes Grade 8 freq #1183

threaten, coerce

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

meat niku

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

threat; menace
threat; menace
threat theory; view that a state or entity constitutes a threat
threat; menace
China threat theory
threatening letter; intimidating letter
active threat
passive threat
military threat
telephone threat (e.g. of a bomb)

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

threat
to threaten; to menace
to threaten; to menace
threat
to intimidate; to frighten
to threaten; to terrify
to threaten; to make threats
persuasion by tears; using tears to get one's way
to extort (money); to blackmail

Example sentences

I'll stand up for what I believe in and won't yield to any threats.

Disease is a threat to human beings.

This answer almost amounts to a threat.

She interpreted his remarks as a threat.