Kanji1 / 11
渋 kanji
astringent, hesitate, reluctant, have diarrhea
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
ジュウシュウ
Kun readings
しぶしぶいしぶる
Variant forms
歮澀澁Words with 渋
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3渋滞Popular(traffic) congestion; traffic jam; gridlock; delay; stagnation
- —苦渋Popularbitterness; distress; pain; anguish; affliction; bitterness and astringency
- —渋面Populargrimace; sullen face
- —難渋suffering; distress; difficulty; hardship; misery; being bogged down; hurdle
- —晦渋ambiguous; obscure; equivocal
- —渋滞税congestion charge
- —大渋滞huge (traffic) congestion; major traffic jam; complete standstill; total gridlock
- —交通渋滞traffic congestion; traffic jam; (traffic) deadlock
- —渋滞緩和alleviation of congestion (esp. traffic)
- —事故渋滞congestion caused by a traffic accident
- —苦渋の決断agonizing decision
- —苦渋をなめるto have a bitter experience
- —苦渋を舐めるto have a bitter experience
- —苦渋を嘗めるto have a bitter experience