渋

Meaning

渋 centers on a puckering, tightening quality: an astringent taste that makes you hesitate, a reluctant attitude, or a bodily reaction like diarrhea that feels constricting and urgent.

• 渋谷しぶや
  N5

  Shibuya City (special ward of Tokyo); Shibuya

• 渋滞じゅうたい
  N3

  (traffic) congestion; traffic jam; gridlock

• 渋しぶ

  kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to treat wood, paper, etc.

• 渋いしぶい
  N2

  astringent; bitter; puckery; rough; harsh; tart

• 渋るしぶる
  N1

  to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to hesitate (to do); to grudge; to be tardy (in doing); to put off (doing)

• 苦渋くじゅう

  bitterness; distress; pain; anguish; affliction

• 渋々しぶしぶ
  N1

  reluctantly; unwillingly

• 渋みしぶみ

  astringency; tartness

• 渋柿しぶがき

  astringent persimmon

• 難渋なんじゅう

  suffering; distress; difficulty; hardship; misery; being bogged down; hurdle

• 柿渋かきしぶ

  kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to treat wood, paper, etc.

• 渋面じゅうめん

  grimace; sullen face

• 渋り腹しぶりばら

  bowel pains; painful loose bowels

• 下げ渋るさげしぶる

  to hold up; to be steady

• 下渋りしたしぶり

  (stock market) steadiness

• 事故渋滞じこじゅうたい

  congestion caused by a traffic accident

• 交通渋滞こうつうじゅうたい

  traffic congestion; traffic jam; (traffic) deadlock

• 出し渋るだししぶる

  to grudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay

• 出渋るでしぶる

  to be unwilling to go out

• 売り渋るうりしぶる

  to be reluctant to sell

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