Is it 脅かす【おどかす】 or 脅かす【おびやかす】?

Question

the target which 脅【おびや】かす threatens is not a person but abstract things such as a society, a nation, a status, peace, happiness and the like.

Is the reading of this sentence therefore the following?

豊【ゆた】かな海【うみ】が、ごみに脅【おびや】かされています
The rich ocean is threatened by garbage.

豊【ゆた】かな rich

脅かす【おどかす】 threaten

脅かす【おびやかす】 threaten

https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/92666/30454 – Eddie Kal Jun 17 '22 at 05:14 — Eddie Kal, Jun 17 '22 at 05:14

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 17 '22 at 23:03

You are correct, it is おびやかす. Generally おどかす is used for "to scare".

is ok to me, so I'm not sure "the target must be abstract" part of the explanation. Or some concrete things can be treated as abstract.

By the way it is 豊{ゆた}かな. 豊{ゆたか}な could be an okurigana variation and as a name, it can be 豊{ゆたか}.

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