Illustration: On a suburban road beside a railway embankment, cars and delivery vans sit bumper to bumper, their queue continuing around a distant bend. Drivers remain belted in, one resting his head against the seat while another peers forward between the vehicles.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

渋じゅう滞たい

juutai

traffic jam, traffic congestion

Example sentences

  1. 渋滞じゅうたいで遅おくれました。

    I was delayed by a traffic jam.

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  2. 渋滞じゅうたいにひっかかったんだ。

    I was caught in traffic.

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  3. 高速道路こうそくどうろが渋滞じゅうたいしている。

    The motorway is snarled up.

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Kanji in 渋滞

  • 渋astringent; hesitateOnジュウ・シュウKunしぶ・しぶい・しぶる
  • 滞stagnate; be delayedOnタイ・テイKunとどこおる

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