- 渋滞【じゅうたい】 - (traffic) congestion, traffic jam, gridlock, delay, stagnation 
- 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 
- 苦渋【くじゅう】 - bitterness, distress, pain, anguish, affliction, bitterness and astringency 
- 渋々【しぶしぶ】 - reluctantly, unwillingly 
- 渋り腹【しぶりばら】 - bowel pains, painful loose bowels 
- 難渋【なんじゅう】 - suffering, distress, difficulty, hardship, misery, being bogged down, hurdle 
- 渋柿【しぶがき】 - astringent persimmon