Vocabulary
Form
to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to hesitate (to do); to grudge; to be tardy (in doing); to put off (doing)
verb
vt
freq #43
Example sentences
彼（かれ）はそんなものに金（かね）を使（つか）うのを渋（しぶ）った。
He grudged spending money on such a thing.
役員（やくいん）達（たち）はそんな危険（きけん）な事業（じぎょう）に乗り出（のりだ）すのをしぶった。
The directors were reluctant to undertake so risky a venture.