渋る – Vocabulary details

渋しぶる

Verb (5-dan, る)

1. to hesitate; to hold back; to balk; to falter

2. to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to begrudge

3. to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus

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to grudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay

to be reluctant to sell

to be unwilling to go out

to be reluctant to answer; to hesitate to answer

to hold up; to be steady

トムは渋しぶっている。

Tom is reluctant.

彼かれは招しょう待たいを受うけ入いれるのをたいそう渋しぶっている。

He is very reluctant to accept the invitation.

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