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旦那

檀那

Reading

Kana: だんな
Romaji: danna
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Definitions

1

master (of a house, shop, etc.)

2

husband (informal)

3

sir; boss; master; governor; word used to address a male patron, customer, or person of high status

4

patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy

See also: パトロン
5

alms; almsgiving; almsgiver

(Buddhist term)
Note: orig. meaning; usu. written as 檀那
See also: 檀越 檀家

Kanji

Readings: タン、 ダン、 あき.らか、 あきら、 ただし、 あさ、 あした
Meanings: daybreak, dawn, morning
Readings: ナ、 ダ、 なに、 なんぞ、 いかん
Meaning: what?
Readings: ダン、 タン、 まゆみ
Meanings: cedar, sandlewood, spindle tree

Example Sentences

旦那(だんな)(さま)をしっかり(つか)まえていなさい。
➥Hold onto your husband.
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その(みにく)肉屋(にくや)旦那(だんな)はあの想像上(そうぞうじょう)怪物(かいぶつ)()ている。
➥That ugly butcher resembles that fictional monster.
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先日(せんじつ)友達(ともだち)のところに(たよ)()ったとき、玄関(げんかん)からは友達(ともだち)でなく、その旦那(だんな)(かお)()した。
➥The other day when I stopped by at a friend's house, it wasn't my friend that came out of the front door, but her husband.
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旦那(だんな)子供(こども)()()(けん)(のぞ)んでいた。
➥Her husband also wanted custody of the children.
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年老(としお)いた旦那(だんな)()()()して、やさしい口調(くちょう)(つま)()いた。
➥The old man leaned forward and asked his wife with a soft voice.
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ある女性(じょせい)が、帽子(ぼうし)をかぶって(うつ)っている()旦那(だんな)写真(しゃしん)をカメラマンの(もと)()っていった。
➥A woman brought an old picture of her dead husband, wearing a hat, to the photographer.
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