Word Meaning 檀越

だんおつ danotsu

檀越 is read as だんおつ (danotsu) and means alms-giver.

Meaning

English

alms-giver
person who donates to a monk or a temple
dana-pati

Reading

Kana

だんおつ

Romaji

danotsu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Rank 143014 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

卓越

たくえつ

preeminence

株式会社不二越

かぶしきがいしゃふじこし

Nachi-Fujikoshi Corporation

自己超越

じこちょうえつ

self-transcendence

障害飛越

しょうがいひえつ

show jumping (equestrian event)

激越

げきえつ

violent

超越

ちょうえつ

transcendence

上越

じょうえつ

area on Japan Sea side of Japan, including Niigata

中越

ちゅうえつ

Chūetsu (region in Niigata)

優越

ゆうえつ

supremacy

日越

にちえつ

Japan and Vietnam

三越

さんえつ

San'etsu (the three former provinces of Echizen, Etchū and Echigo)

三越

みつこし

Mitsukoshi