胆たん汁じゅう

noun

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'.

• 胆たん汁じゅうは肝かん臓ぞうで作つくられ、胆たんのうに蓄たくわえられる。

  Bile is produced in the liver and stored in the gallbladder.

• 彼かれの言こと葉ばには胆たん汁じゅうのような苦にがみがあった。

  His words had a bitterness like gall.