恐喝|きょうかつkyoukatsu[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbblackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
    恐喝きょうかつのその犠牲者ぎせいしゃは、ここ何なん年間ねんかんというもの口止くちどめ料りょうを払はらってきた。だが、今いまでは、それは愚おろかなことだと悟さとり、もうびた一文いちもん払はらわないことに決きめた。↗
    The victim of blackmail has been paying hush money for years, but now he realizes it is foolish, and has decided not to pay a red cent more.
Conjugation
Dictionary form恐喝する(きょうかつする)
Polite (masu)恐喝します(きょうかつします)
Negative (nai)恐喝しない(きょうかつしない)
polite (masen)恐喝しません(きょうかつしません)
classical zu / nu恐喝せず・恐喝せぬ(きょうかつせず・きょうかつせぬ)
Past (ta)恐喝した(きょうかつした)
polite (mashita)恐喝しました(きょうかつしました)
Past negative (nakatta)恐喝しなかった(きょうかつしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)恐喝しませんでした(きょうかつしませんでした)
Te form恐喝して(きょうかつして)
Potential恐喝できる(きょうかつできる)
Passive恐喝される(きょうかつされる)
Causative恐喝させる(きょうかつさせる)
Causative passive恐喝させられる(きょうかつさせられる)
Conditional (ba)恐喝すれば(きょうかつすれば)
tara恐喝したら(きょうかつしたら)
Volitional恐喝しよう(きょうかつしよう)
polite (mashou)恐喝しましょう(きょうかつしましょう)
Imperative恐喝しろ(きょうかつしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymゆするCasualColloquial verb: literally to shake, but also to blackmail or shake someone down. 「恐喝」 is a formal Sino-Japanese word and the name of the crime.
  • SynonymゆするCasualColloquial: to demand money or goods from someone by force. 「恐喝」 is the more formal word for it.
  • Related脅すおどすCasualColloquial: to threaten or frighten someone. 「恐喝」 refers specifically to extorting money by threats.
  • Related脅迫きょうはくWrittenWritten word: threatening to harm someone's life, reputation, etc., as in 「脅迫罪」「脅迫状」. It need not involve money; 「恐喝」 is specifically extorting money by threats.
  • Related威嚇いかくWrittenWritten: to intimidate by force, an imposing presence, or words and deeds, as in 「威嚇射撃」. 「恐喝」 is about extorting money.
  • RelatedゆすりCasualColloquial noun read 「ゆすり」: blackmail or extortion, or a person who does it. 「恐喝」 is the more formal word.
  • Related強請きょうせいNeutralAlso written 「強請」, still read 「ゆすり」: extortion. 「恐喝」 is the formal term and the name of the crime.
  • Related脅しつけるおどしつけるCasualColloquial: to threaten someone severely to make them comply. 「恐喝」 centers on getting money or property.
  • Related威迫いはくWrittenWritten term; in legal contexts it means coercing someone by threats. 「恐喝」 centers on extorting money or property.
  • Related凄むすごむCasualColloquial: to act fierce and menacing to cow someone. 「恐喝」 is the act of extorting money.
  • Related脅し取るおどしとるCasualColloquial: to scare someone out of money or belongings. Much the same idea as 「恐喝」, which is the more formal word.

For extorting money by threats, use 「恐喝」 — also the name of the crime, as in 「恐喝罪」. In everyday speech, extort is 「ゆする」 and threaten is 「脅す」; 「脅迫」 is threatening with harm, 「威嚇」 intimidating by force or presence.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. おどして金品きんぴんをゆすり取とること。
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