| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 渋滞 | じゅうたい | congestion (e.g. traffic), delay, stagnation |
| 苦渋 | くじゅう | bitterness, mortification, difficulty in understanding, distress, affliction |
| 渋 | しぶ | astringent (puckery) juice (of unripe persimmons) |
| 渋々 | しぶしぶ | reluctantly, unwillingly |
| 渋い | しぶい | tasteful (clothing), cool, an aura of refined masculinity; astringent, sullen, bitter (taste), raspy (voice); grim, quiet; sober, stingy |
| 渋る | しぶる | to hesitate, to be reluctant, to have loose painful bowel movement |
| 渋り腹 | しぶりばら | bowel pains, painful loose bowels |
| 難渋 | なんじゅう | retardation |
| 渋いワイン | しぶいワイン | rough wine, cheap wine |
| 渋柿 | しぶがき | astringent persimmon |