Keyword
bitter
Info
FrequencyTop 1400-1500
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig1875
Old form
Readings
しぶ
(82%)
Composed of
water drops
stop
horns
short legs
Used in vocabulary (49 in total)
reluctantly; unwillingly
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation
grimace; sullen face
kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to to treat wood, paper, etc.
astringency; tartness; austere elegance; elegant simplicity; subdued style
suffering; distress; difficulty; hardship; misery; being bogged down
to grudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay
astringent persimmon
astringency; tartness; austere elegance; elegant simplicity; subdued style
strong or bitter (green) tea
traffic congestion; traffic jam; (traffic) deadlock
to hesitate to say
inner, astringent skin (of a chestnut)
to have a bitter experience
paper treated with astringent persimmon juice
ambiguous; obscure; equivocal
tea incrustation; tea stains (on teeth, cups, etc.)
tan (color, colour)
to be reluctant to sell
kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to to treat wood, paper, etc.
fan varnished with persimmon juice
reluctance to lend
to be reluctant to answer; to hesitate to answer
to be unwilling to go out
Shibuya-kei (pop music microgenre of the mid-late 1990s)
to have a bitter experience
congestion caused by a traffic accident
reluctantly; unwillingly
stingy person; miser; scrooge
alleviation of congestion (esp. traffic)
removing the astringent taste (from persimmons)
to have a bitter experience
bowel pains; painful loose bowels
urbane and good-looking woman
(a woman) to lose her roughness and become urbane and good-looking; to become experienced in worldly affairs
to hesitate to say
reluctance to lend
(stock market) steadiness
urbane and good-looking woman
(a woman) to lose her roughness and become urbane and good-looking; to become experienced in worldly affairs
Japanese dock (a plant) (Rumex japonicus)
aqueous iron rust
to hold up; to be steady
Examples (48 in total)
The thief reluctantly admitted his guilt.
He reluctantly agreed to my proposal.
He mentioned to me that he would go shopping in Shibuya.