土壇場
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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]Noun
[edit]- (idiomatic) the last minute; the eleventh hour
Derived terms
[edit]- ドタキャン (dotakyan)
See also
[edit]- 独壇場 (dokudanjō)
References
[edit]Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 土 read as ど
- Japanese terms spelled with 壇 read as たん
- Japanese terms spelled with 場 read as ば
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 3 kanji
- Japanese idioms