土壇場

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

Etymology

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

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

Noun

土(ど)壇(たん)場(ば) • (dotanba) 

  1. (idiomatic) the last minute; the eleventh hour

Derived terms

See also

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