渋 - astringent, hesitate, reluctant

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)

astringent; bitter; puckery; rough; harsh; tart

(traffic) congestion; traffic jam; gridlock

bitterness; distress; pain; anguish; affliction

grimace; sullen face

Shibuya City (special ward of Tokyo); Shibuya

kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to treat wood, paper, etc.

bowel pains; painful loose bowels

aqueous iron rust

paper treated with astringent persimmon juice

(a woman) to lose her roughness and become urbane and good-looking; to become experienced in worldly affairs

urbane and good-looking woman