Kanji

渋

渋

astringent, hesitate, reluctant, have diarrhea

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

11 strokes

Radical

水部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ジュウ, シュウ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

しぶ, しぶい, しぶる

Nanori (Name Reading)

しぶ

Common Readings

ジュウ, しぶ, しぶ…い, しぶ…る

Example sentences

渋々 しぶしぶ
弟は渋々部屋の掃除を始めた。

My younger brother reluctantly started cleaning the room.

渋い しぶい
彼は渋い顔をして、その場を離れた。

He made a bitter face and left the place.

渋谷 しぶや
渋谷は若者の文化の発信地として知られている。

Shibuya is known as a source of youth culture.

中心地 ちゅうしんち
渋谷は若者のファッションの中心地として知られている

Shibuya is known as the center of youth fashion.

渋る しぶる
彼は、借金を返すのを渋っているようだ。

He seems to be reluctant to pay back the debt.

時間稼ぎ じかんかせぎ
彼は返答を渋って、時間稼ぎをしているようだ。

He seems to be stalling for time by hesitating to answer.

苦渋 くじゅう
彼は苦渋の決断を迫られた

He was forced to make a bitter decision.

渋滞 じゅうたい
毎朝の通勤で交通渋滞に巻き込まれる。

I get caught in traffic jams during my commute every morning.

遅刻 ちこく
渋滞のせいで、会議に遅刻してしまった。

I was late for the meeting because of a traffic jam.

Example Vocabulary

渋々

しぶしぶ

reluctantly; unwillingly

渋い

しぶい

astringent; tasteful; sober; bitter (expression); stingy

渋谷

しぶや

Shibuya

渋る

しぶる

to be reluctant, to hesitate

苦渋

くじゅう

bitterness; distress

渋い顔をする

しぶいかおをする

渋面

じゅうめん

渋滞

じゅうたい

traffic jam, congestion, delay

渋み

しぶみ

渋

しぶ

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