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渋い [ichi1,news2,nf42] 澁い [sK]
しぶい [ichi1,news2,nf42]
1. [adj-i]
▶ astringent
▶ bitter
▶ puckery
▶ rough
▶ harsh
▶ tart
2. [adj-i]
▶ austere
▶ elegant (and unobtrusive)
▶ refined
▶ quiet (and simple)
▶ sober
▶ sombre
▶ subdued
▶ tasteful (in a quiet way)
▶ understated
3. [adj-i]
▶ sour (look)
▶ glum
▶ grim
▶ sullen
▶ sulky
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1881340 渋い顔をする 1. to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
4. [adj-i]
▶ stingy
▶ tight-fisted

Conjugations


History:
8. A 2023-11-01 00:34:16  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
7. A* 2023-10-31 19:02:29  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
澁 is a rare kyūjitai. Changing the tag to [sK].

Both example sentences are for sense [2]. I updated the indices. 

There are three example sentences for 〜顔をする. Maybe a x-ref in this entry is helpful.

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーー─┬─────────╮
│ 渋い   │ 989,319 │
│ 渋い顔  │  42,279 │
│ 渋い顔を │  17,783 │
╰─ーーーー─┴─────────╯
  Diff:
@@ -12 +12 @@
-<ke_inf>&oK;</ke_inf>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -42,0 +43 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="1881340">渋い顔をする</xref>
6. A 2011-09-03 21:56:00  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
5. A* 2011-09-03 21:10:27  Francesca Funk <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -39,0 +39,1 @@
+<gloss>understated</gloss>
4. A 2011-08-13 07:15:14  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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