土壇場

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
土	壇	場
ど Grade: 1	たん Grade: S	ば Grade: 2

Etymology edit

Originally, a platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) どたんば [dòtáńbá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [do̞tã̠mba̠]

Noun edit

土(ど)壇(たん)場(ば) • (dotanba)

(idiomatic) the last minute; the eleventh hour

Derived terms edit

ドタキャン (dotakyan)

See also edit

独壇場(どくだんじょう) (dokudanjō)

References edit

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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