恐喝|きょうかつkyoukatsu[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verbblackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
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.
- 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


