Moto 渋: Astringent; Hesitate; ReluctantKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ジュウ、シュウ
- Kun'yomi
- しぶ、しぶ(い)、しぶ(る)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 46 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ジュウ・シュウ)
- 渋滞じゅうたいcongestion (e.g. traffic); delay
- 苦渋くじゅうbitterness; distress
- 渋面じゅうめんgrimace; sullen face
- 難渋なんじゅうsuffering; distress
- 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
- 晦渋かいじゅうambiguous; obscure
- 渋滞税じゅうたいぜいcongestion charge
- 渋滞緩和じゅうたいかんわalleviation of congestion (esp. traffic)
- 苦渋をなめるくじゅうをなめるto have a bitter experience
- 苦渋を嘗めるくじゅうをなめるto have a bitter experience
- 苦渋を舐めるくじゅうをなめるto have a bitter experience
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 渋しぶastringent (puckery) juice (of unripe persimmons)
- 渋いしぶいastringent; bitter
- 渋り腹しぶりばらbowel pains; painful loose bowels
- 渋るしぶるto hesitate; to hold back
- 渋柿しぶがきastringent persimmon
- 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
- 出し渋るだししぶるto grudge; to be stingy
- 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
- 柿渋かきしぶ(astringent) persimmon juice
- 渋い顔をするしぶいかおをするto frown (on); to be grim-faced
- 渋みしぶみastringency; tartness
- 渋味しぶみastringency; tartness
- 渋抜きしぶぬきremoving the astringent taste (from persimmons)
- 渋渋しぶしぶreluctantly; unwillingly
- 渋皮しぶかわinner, astringent skin (of a chestnut)
- 渋皮がむけるしぶかわがむける(a woman) to lose her roughness and become urbane and good-looking; to become experienced in worldly affairs
- 渋皮が剥けるしぶかわがむける(a woman) to lose her roughness and become urbane and good-looking; to become experienced in worldly affairs
- 渋皮のむけた女しぶかわのむけたおんなurbane and good-looking woman
- 渋皮の剥けた女しぶかわのむけたおんなurbane and good-looking woman
- 渋紙しぶがみpaper treated with astringent persimmon juice
- 渋色しぶいろtan (color, colour)
- 渋茶しぶちゃstrong or bitter (green) tea
- 渋草しぶくさJapanese dock (a plant) (Rumex japonicus)
- 答えを渋るこたえをしぶるto be reluctant to answer; to hesitate to answer
- 茶渋ちゃしぶtea incrustation; tea stains (on teeth, cups, etc.)
- 言い渋るいいしぶるto hesitate to say
- 貸し渋りかししぶりreluctance to lend
- 貸渋りかししぶりreluctance to lend
Other readings
- 渋々しぶしぶreluctantly; unwillingly
- 渋団扇しぶうちわfan varnished with persimmon juice
- 言渋るいいしぶるto hesitate to say
- 鉄渋かなしぶaqueous iron rust
Kanji that often appear with 渋
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