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交通渋滞 (こうつうじゅうたい): Traffic jam — Japanese vocabulary

交通渋滞 is read こうつうじゅうたい and means "Traffic jam". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

交通渋滞

Reading
こうつうじゅうたい · koutsuu juutai
Translation
Traffic jam
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
こうつうじゅうたいがこうつうじゅうたいが

Example

ラッシュアワーの交通渋滞にあった。

ラッシュアワーのこうつうじゅうたいにあった。

I was caught in the rush hour.

Kanji in this word

  • 交 — cross, exchange
  • 通 — pass, commute
  • 渋 — astringent
  • 滞 — stagnate, remain

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