astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to falter; to slacken; to have a frequent urge to defecate but difficulty passing stool; to suffer from tenesmus
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
astringency; tartness; austere elegance; elegant simplicity; subdued style
kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to treat wood, paper, etc.
to grudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay
strong or bitter (green) tea
inner, astringent skin (of a chestnut)
paper treated with astringent persimmon juice
kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to treat wood, paper, etc.
tea incrustation; tea stains (on teeth, cups, etc.)
fan varnished with persimmon juice
reluctance to lend; tight lending; credit crunch
to be reluctant to answer; to hesitate to answer
to be unwilling to go out
Shibuya-kei (pop music microgenre of the mid-late 1990s)
removing the astringent taste (from persimmons)
stingy person; miser; scrooge
bowel pains; painful loose bowels
urbane and good-looking woman
(a woman) to lose her roughness and become urbane and good-looking; to become experienced in worldly affairs
Shibuya City (special ward of Tokyo); Shibuya
(stock market) steadiness
Japanese dock (a plant) (Rumex japonicus)
(celebrating) Halloween in Shibuya
preservative paint made from persimmon tannin mixed with ash-soot