雑踏する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 雑踏する | 雑踏しない |
| Polite | 雑踏します | 雑踏しません |
| Past polite | 雑踏しました | 雑踏しませんでした |
| Past | 雑踏した | 雑踏しなかった |
| Te-form | 雑踏して | 雑踏しないで |
| Desire | 雑踏したい | 雑踏したくない |
| Potential | 雑踏できる | 雑踏できない |
| Passive | 雑踏される | 雑踏されない |
| Causative | 雑踏させる | 雑踏させない |
| Causative passive | 雑踏させられる | 雑踏させられない |
| Volitional | 雑踏しよう | |
| Polite volitional | 雑踏しましょう | |
| Imperative | 雑踏しろ | 雑踏するな |
| Conditional | 雑踏すれば | 雑踏しなければ |
| Tara conditional | 雑踏したら | 雑踏しなかったら |
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd
Most often refers to the busy, crowded state of a place, especially with many people moving about. Common in phrases such as 雑踏の中 and 雑踏を避ける.
雑踏の中で友人を見失った。
I lost sight of my friend in the crowd.
The area in front of the station is hard to walk through in the evening bustle.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
be crowded; be congested; traffic congestion
As 雑踏する or 雑踏している, describes a street, area, or route being crowded or congested. For a specific traffic jam, 渋滞 is usually the more direct everyday word.
The shopping street was crowded with shoppers at the end of the year.
The road in front of the station was congested with cars and people.
I walked through the bustling crowds of Shibuya.
Since I'm not good with crowds, I walked around the busy areas.
The culprit fled by blending into the crowd.
Around the end of the year, the area in front of the station gets crowded.
雑踏 refers to the noisy bustle and congestion of a crowded area, while 人波 focuses on the crowd itself moving like a wave.