Refers to a short-bladed weapon, often associated with yakuza or criminal contexts.
threatening tone; menacing quality
Describes a voice or manner that carries a veiled threat; derived from 脅す (おどす).
See also: 脅す
There was a threatening edge to his voice.
Prefix used in a few compounds to indicate muddiness or turbidity, e.g., どす黒い (dark and muddy).
auxiliary
Only with reading どす
Polite copula in Kyoto dialect, abbreviated from でおす. Used at the end of sentences.
See also: おす
The man was carrying a dagger inside his coat.
He was carrying a dagger hidden in his breast pocket.
Murky dark clouds covered the sky.
This is delicious. (Kyoto dialect)
He silenced the other man with a voice full of menace.
おす and どす are both Kyoto-dialect equivalents of です, used somewhat interchangeably at sentence end.
ドス and みく are both yakuza slang for a blade used in crime, but ドス is far more widely recognized and often implies a short sword specifically.
book; volume; script · this; present; current; in question · main; head; principal · real; genuine; regular; proper · counter for long cylindrical objects; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls
Hiragana spelling is standard for all senses.
Katakana variant, often used for emphasis or in informal writing.
Sense 1 (dagger) is of uncertain origin, possibly from a dialectal or slang term. Sense 2 is from 脅す (おどす, 'to threaten'). Sense 3 is a prefix of uncertain derivation. Sense 4 is a contraction of でおす, a polite copula in Kyoto dialect.