[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]
[かんとうじゅうはちだんりん, kantoujuuhachidanrin](n) (See 浄土宗, 関東) eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region)[Add to Longdo]
[じだんせいど, jidanseido](n) (See 寺請制度) system used during the Edo era where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith[Add to Longdo]
[だんりん, danrin](n) (1) { Buddh } (abbreviation of 栴檀林) (See 栴檀・1) Buddhist center for study and meditation; monastery; temple; (2) (abbr) (See 俳諧, 談林風, 談林派) Danrin style of haikai poetry (playful and oriented to the common person); Danrin school (of haikai poetry)[Add to Longdo]