- だんな
- (n) (1) master (of a house, shop, etc.); (2) husband (informal); (3) word used to address a male patron, customer, or person of high status (sir, boss, master, governor); (4) (See パトロン・1) patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy; (5) {Buddh} (original meaning; usu. written as 檀那) (See 檀越,檀家) alms; almsgiving; almsgiver; (P)[edict]