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土壇場

どたんば

Readings

どたんば

Meanings

  1. 1.
    nlast moment; eleventh hour
  2. 2.
    nplatform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

Kanji breakdown

土
N23 strokesGrade 1
壇
N516 strokesGrade 8
場
N312 strokesGrade 2

Example sentences

これは彼の土壇場だ。

This is his eleventh hour.

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土壇場どたんば

last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

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