脅かす (odokasu) conjugation
to threaten, to coerce
脅かす (おどかす, odokasu) is a godan verb. Godan verbs change their final kana up and down its column of the kana chart — the a-row for negatives, the i-row before ます, the e-row for potential and ば. Every form below is tappable — hear it, then say it back.
Conjugation table
| Form | Plain (casual) | Polite (~ます) | When you use it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dictionary / plain | 脅かす odokasu | 脅かします odokashimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 脅かさない odokasanai | 脅かしません odokashimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 脅かした odokashita | 脅かしました odokashimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 脅かさなかった odokasanakatta | 脅かしませんでした odokashimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 脅かして odokashite | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 脅かしている odokashiteiru | 脅かしています odokashiteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 脅かしたい odokashitai | 脅かしたいです odokashitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 脅かそう odokasou | 脅かしましょう odokashimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 脅かせる odokaseru | 脅かせます odokasemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 脅かされる odokasareru | 脅かされます odokasaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 脅かさせる odokasaseru | 脅かさせます odokasasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 脅かさせられる odokasaserareru | 脅かさせられます odokasaseraremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 脅かせ odokase | 脅かしてください odokashitekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 脅かすな odokasuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 脅かせば odokaseba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 脅かしたら odokashitara | — | “if / when ~”. The everyday conditional. |
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Why it conjugates this way
Godan verbs change their final kana up and down its column of the kana chart — the a-row for negatives, the i-row before ます, the e-row for potential and ば.
See the full rules on the verb conjugation guide.