Moto 胆: Gall Bladder; Courage; PluckKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- タン
- Kun'yomi
- きも
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 61 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (タン)
- 大胆だいたんbold; daring
- 落胆らくたんdiscouragement; despondency
- 胆石たんせきgallstones
- 胆汁たんじゅうbile; gall
- 魂胆こんたんulterior motive; plot
- 一眼二足三胆四力いちがんにそくさんたんしりきthe important aspects of kendo (vision, footwork, courage, technique)
- 先天性胆管閉鎖症せんてんせいたんがんへいさしょうcongenital bile duct atresia
- 剛胆ごうたんbold; daring
- 大胆不敵だいたんふてきdaring; fearless
- 大胆巧妙だいたんこうみょうbold and clever; daring and ingenious
- 失望落胆しつぼうらくたんbeing disappointed and disheartened
- 小胆しょうたんtimidity
- 心胆しんたんheart
- 心胆を寒からしめるしんたんをさむからしめるto make a person's blood run cold
- 放胆ほうたんboldness; fearlessness
- 総胆管そうたんかんcommon bile duct
- 肝胆かんたんthe liver and gall bladder; one's inner being
- 肝胆相照らすかんたんあいてらすto be profoundly compatible; to be inseparable
- 胆のうたんのうgall bladder
- 胆のうポリープたんのうポリープgallbladder polyp
- 胆力たんりょくcourage; nerve
- 胆嚢たんのうgall bladder
- 胆嚢ポリープたんのうポリープgallbladder polyp
- 胆嚢炎たんのうえんinflammation of the gall-bladder; cholesystitis
- 胆大心小たんだいしんしょうbeing bold and courageous, but also careful and meticulous
- 胆斗の如したんとのごとしbeing as bold as a lion
- 胆気たんきcourage; guts
- 胆汁色素たんじゅうしきそbile pigment
- 胆汁質たんじゅうしつcholeric temperament
- 胆汁酸たんじゅうさんbile acid
- 胆略たんりゃくcourage and resourcefulness
- 胆石症たんせきしょうgallstones; cholelithiasis
- 胆礬たんばんblue vitriol; chalcanthite
- 胆管たんかんbile duct
- 胆管がんたんかんがんcholangiocarcinoma; bile duct cancer
- 胆管炎たんかんえんcholangitis; angiocholitis
- 胆管癌たんかんがんcholangiocarcinoma; bile duct cancer
- 臥薪嘗胆がしんしょうたんgoing through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance
- 試胆会したんかいcourage-testing event
- 豪胆ごうたんbold; daring
- 輸胆管ゆたんかんbile duct
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 胆きもliver; innards
- 度胆どぎもguts; pluck
- 度胆を抜くどぎもをぬくto astonish; to astound
- 生き胆いきぎもliver taken from a living animal
- 胆煎りきもいりgood offices; auspices
- 胆試しきもだめしtest of courage (e.g. at a frightening place such as a graveyard); dare
Other readings
- 原発性胆汁性肝硬変げんぱつせいたんじゅうせいかんこうへんprimary biliary cirrhosis
- 地胆つちはんみょうblister beetle; oil beetle (insects family Meloidae)
- 大胆奔放だいたんほんぽうbold and unrestrained; daring and unfettered
- 春竜胆はるりんどうGentiana thunbergii (species of gentian)
- 海胆うにsea urchin
- 熊の胆くまのいbear's gall (used as medicine for the stomach); bear's bile
- 熊胆くまのいbear's gall (used as medicine for the stomach); bear's bile
- 竜胆りんどうgentian (Gentiana scabra var. buergeri); autumn bellflower
- 竜胆色りんどういろgentian blue; salvia blue
- 紫海胆むらさきウニHeliocidaris crassispina (species of sea urchin); Anthocidaris crassispina
- 肝胆相照すかんたんあいてらすto be profoundly compatible; to be inseparable
- 胆玉きもったまguts; pluck
- 蔓竜胆つるりんどうTripterospermum japonicum
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