たん Also written 痰 Meanings Noun phlegm; sputum Example sentences たんがたくさん出ます。I have a lot of phlegm. 咳の後に出た痰は、どんな色でしたか?What color was the phlegm that you coughed up? Words containing たん 高たんぱく (こうたんぱく) high-protein きばたん sulphur-crested cockatoo (sulfur) (Cacatua galerita) こばたん yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea) And 3 more. Word lists Medicine Spoken Written Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists