bile; gall
Medical and biological term for the digestive fluid produced by the liver. Also used in figurative expressions for bitterness or anger, similar to English 'gall'.
Bile is produced in the liver and stored in the gallbladder.
His words had a bitterness like gall.
choleric temperament
bile acid
bile pigment
melancholic temperament
primary biliary cirrhosis
Compound of 胆 (たん, 'gallbladder') and 汁 (じゅう, 'juice, fluid'). The reading たんじゅう is a regular on'yomi combination.