How to say "gall" in Japanese

• 胆汁たんじゅうCommon
  nounCovers 'gall' in its literal, bodily sense: bile, the bitter yellowish digestive fluid. Use it in medical or physiological contexts; the figurative 'gall' of audacity is not this word.
• 心臓しんぞうJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounLiterally the heart, the organ. Its 'gall' sense — audacity, nerve, cheek — is figurative, surfacing in expressions about boldness; on its own it is seldom the word for 'had the gall to...'.

Choose 胆汁 for 'gall' meaning bile, the bodily fluid; for 'gall' meaning audacity or nerve, 心臓 covers it, though it literally means 'heart' and its boldness sense appears in expressions rather than alone.

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• 胆汁たんじゅうbile
• 虫えいちゅうえいgall (abnormal plant growth formed by insects)
• 黄水おうすいbile
• 癭瘤えいりゅうcecidium
• 虫こぶむしこぶcecidium
• 強心臓きょうしんぞうboldness
• 心臓しんぞうguts
• うずくto rankle