旦那
だんな
master (of house); husband (informal)
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Examples
うちの旦那は料理が上手です。
うちのだんなはりょうりがじょうずです。
My husband is a good cook.
旦那も子供の引き取り権を望んでいた。
だんなもこどものひきとりけんをのぞんでいた。
Her husband also wanted custody of the children.
店の主人は「旦那、これはお買い得ですよ」と声をかけた。
みせのしゅじんは「だんな、これはおかいどくですよ」とこえをかけた。
The shopkeeper called out, “Sir, this one's a real bargain.”
Common patterns
- うちの旦那
- my husband
- 旦那さん
- (someone else's) husband
- 旦那様
- master; sir (deferential)
Memory tip
Casual word a wife uses for her own husband; 夫 is the neutral term and ご主人 is how you refer to someone else's. It comes from Sanskrit dāna 'alms', so it also survives as 'patron, master' — what a shopkeeper calls a male customer.
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