渋滞
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Meanings
- (traffic) congestion, traffic jam, gridlock
- delay, stagnation
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Example sentences
The road is congested.
I was late to work because of a traffic jam.
This time of day often has traffic jams, so you should leave early.
Due to an accident, the highway was in a traffic jam and didn't move for two whole hours.
In order to avoid the traffic jam, I decided to take a back road.
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