words for husband (夫/主人/旦那)

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Japanese has multiple words for one's own husband, each with its own register: 夫 (neutral standard), 主人 ('master of the house', polite but increasingly seen as patriarchal), 旦那 (colloquial, originally Sanskrit 'dāna' for patron). For someone else's husband, ご主人 is the polite reference.

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