旦

Meaning

旦 centers on the first light of day: daybreak, dawn, and morning. It captures the moment when the sun appears above the horizon.

• 旦那だんな
  N1

  master (of a house, shop, etc.)

• 一旦いったん
  N2

  once

• 元旦がんたん
  N3

  New Year's Day; first day of the year

• 若旦那わかだんな

  young master; young gentleman

• 文旦ぶんたん

  pomelo (Citrus maxima); shaddock

• 一年の計は元旦にありいちねんのけいはがんたんにあり

  the whole year's plans should be made on New Year's Day

• 一旦緩急いったんかんきゅう

  (when) danger threatens; should an emergency occur

• 人物月旦じんぶつげったん

  character sketch; comments on personalities

• 元旦那もとだんな

  ex-husband; former husband

• 命旦夕に迫るめいたんせきにせまる

  to be on the brink of death

• 問うは一旦の恥、問わぬは末代の恥とうはいったんのはじ、とわぬはまつだいのはじ

  better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know

• 大巴旦おおばたん

  Moluccan cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis); salmon-crested cockatoo

• 大旦那おおだんな

  (one's) father-in-law

• 宗旦流そうたんりゅう

  Sōtan school of tea ceremony

• 小巴旦こばたん

  yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea)

• 巴旦杏はたんきょう

  plum; almond

• 復旦大学ふくたんだいがく

  Fudan University (China)

• 旦つくだんつく

  husband

• 旦夕たんせき

  on the brink of

• 旦夕に迫るたんせきにせまる

  to be on the brink of death

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