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恫喝

恫喝

Chinese

frighten to drink; to shout; to shout applause
simp. and trad.
(恫喝)

Verb

恫喝

  1. Alternative form of 恫嚇恫吓 (dònghè, “to intimidate”).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
どう
Hyōgaiji
かつ
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

恫喝 (hiragana どうかつ, romaji dōkatsu)

  1. threat, coercion
    恫喝 (どうかつ)には (おう)じない。
    Dōkatsu ni wa ōjinai.
    We will not succumb to such a threat.

Synonyms

Verb

恫喝する (transitive, hiragana どうかつする, romaji dōkatsu suru)

  1. to threaten, intimidate[2]

Conjugation

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
  2. 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.