渋い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
しぶ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
澁い (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「渋い
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 渋く ぶく

Terminal (終止形) 渋い
Attributive (連体形) 渋い
Key constructions
Informal negative 渋くない ぶくない
くない

Informal past 渋かった ぶかった
かった

Informal negative past 渋くなかった ぶくなかった
くなかった

Formal 渋いです いです
Conjunctive 渋くて ぶくて
くて

Conditional 渋ければ ぶければ
ければ

Adjective

(しぶ) (shibui-i (adverbial (しぶ) (shibuku))

  1. astringent in taste, bitter
  2. elegant, refined, and tastefully quiet, not brash
    (しぶ)漫画(まん)(がす)
    shibui manga ga suki
    has a mature taste in manga
    (literally, “likes refined manga”)
  3. stingy, cheap
  4. sour, grim

Inflection

See also