danna

Do you find that the relationship between a geisha and her danna is very different from that between a Western man and his mistress?

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden: Questions 1997

What has led Sayuri to think that "a geisha who expects understanding from her danna is like a mouse expecting sympathy from a snake" [p. 394]?

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden: Questions 1997

My danna is a generous man and bought me most of these robes.

Memoirs of a Geisha Golden, Arthur, 1957- 1997

I have lost respect for you, now that I know your danna is a little man in uniform whom no one admires. "

Memoirs of a Geisha Golden, Arthur, 1957- 1997

Am I a fool because my danna is a man you can't admire? "

Memoirs of a Geisha Golden, Arthur, 1957- 1997

He is Casanova; he is my danna, my don, my sexual god.

Glass Handcuffs 2009

He is Casanova; he is my danna, my don, my sexual god.

Glass Handcuffs 2009

Wow, must be nice to be yoo then! so where are ya from anyway, if ya danna mind me askin ye?

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I suppose it was obvious that Nobu would one day propose himself as my danna.

Memoirs of a Geisha Golden, Arthur, 1957- 1997

It was bad enough going to the mistress of the teahouse to propose a man like you as danna to a woman like Sayuri.

Memoirs of a Geisha Golden, Arthur, 1957- 1997