虚仮威し

虚仮威し

Japanese

Kanji in this term
虚	仮	威
こ Grade: S	け Grade: 5	おど Grade: S
on’yomi		kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
虚仮脅し コケ脅し コケ威し

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こけおどし [kòkéódóshí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• (Tokyo) こけお​どし [kòkéóꜜdòshì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ke̞o̞do̞ɕi]

Noun

虚仮威(こけおど)し • (kokeodoshi) 

1. bluff, empty threat, paper tiger

   虚(こ)仮(け)威(おど)しで言(い)うのではない

   kokeodoshi de iu no de wa nai

   I'm not bluffing!

   Synonyms: ブラフ, 虚勢

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN