渋

astringent, hesitate, reluctant, have diarrhea

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

シュウジュウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

しぶしぶ.いしぶ.る

Stroke Order

11 / 11

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:11

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1011

Vocabulary

ジュウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
苦渋	クジュウ	bitterness; distress; pain; anguish; affliction; bitterness and astringency
渋滞	ジュウタイ	(traffic) congestion; traffic jam; gridlock; delay; stagnation
渋面	ジュウメン	grimace; sullen face
難渋	ナンジュウ	suffering; distress; difficulty; hardship; misery; being bogged down; hurdle
晦渋	カイジュウ	ambiguous; obscure; equivocal

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
渋い	しぶい	astringent; bitter; puckery; rough; harsh; tart; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); refined; quiet (and simple); sober; sombre; subdued; tasteful (in a quiet way); understated; sour (look); glum; grim; sullen; sulky; stingy; tight-fisted
渋る	しぶる	to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to hesitate (to do); to grudge; to be tardy (in doing); to put off (doing); to falter; to slacken; to slow down; to have a frequent urge to defecate but difficulty passing stool; to suffer from tenesmus
渋面	しぶづら	grimace; sullen face
渋面	しぶつら	grimace; sullen face
渋柿	しぶがき	astringent persimmon

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