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    3. 渋滞

    渋滞

    渋じゅう滞たい

    (traffic) congestion

    N3KMT6News #9+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveTravel & TransportationKanji Vocab24 strokes

    じゅうたい

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    (traffic) congestion, traffic jam, gridlock
    2.
    delay, stagnation

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    道みちが渋じゅう滞たいしています。

    The road is congested.

    KMT4Travel & TransportationDaily Life
    事じ故こで高こう速そく道どう路ろが渋じゅう滞たいしている。

    The highway is jammed due to an accident.

    KMT6Travel & TransportationDaily Life
    週しゅう末まつは観かん光こう地ちへ向むかう道どう路ろがよく渋じゅう滞たいします。

    On weekends, roads leading to tourist spots often get congested.

    KMT6Travel & TransportationDaily Life
    彼かれの仕し事ごとはいつも書しょ類るいの渋じゅう滞たいで遅おくれがちだ。

    His work is always prone to delays due to a backlog of documents.

    KMT6Work & CareerDaily Life
    都と市し部ぶの交こう通つう渋じゅう滞たいは、経けい済ざい活かつ動どうにも大おおきな影えい響きょうを与あたえる。

    Urban traffic congestion also has a significant impact on economic activity.

    KMT7Travel & TransportationBusiness & FinancePolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    渋
    しぶ・しぶ.い・しぶ.る…(2)
    astringent・hesitate・reluctant・have diarrhea
    滞
    とどこお.る…(2)
    stagnate・be delayed・overdue・arrears
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