[だんな, danna](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)#18713[Add to Longdo]
[たんが, tanga](n) (1) { Buddh } staying the night (of an itinerant priest in Zen buddhism); itinerant priest's lodging; (2) { Buddh } providing a room for an itinerant priest so that he may meditate for a long period of time[Add to Longdo]