Word Meaning 土壇

どだん dodan

土壇 is read as どだん (dodan) and means dirt mound.

Meaning

English

dirt mound
dirt walls on the inside of the sunken hearth in a tea room
platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

Reading

Kana

どだん

Romaji

dodan

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 115519 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

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土壇場

どたんば

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

土器

どき

earthenware

土塀

どべい

mud wall

土俵

どひょう

(wrestling) ring

土壌

どじょう

soil

土俵際

どひょうぎわ

edge of the ring

土地柄

とちがら

nature of the locality

土俵入り

どひょういり

entrance procession of wrestlers into the ring

土製

どせい

clay

土葬

どそう

burial

土俗

どぞく

local customs

土地基本法

とちきほんほう

Basic Act for Land

Example Sentences

彼は土壇場で計画をキャンセルした。

かれはどたんばでけいかくをきゃんせるした。

He canceled the plan at the last minute.

なんとか土壇場で間に合ったよ。

I just made it under the wire.

土壇場で言葉が旨く言えなかった。

Words failed me at the last minute.

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土壇 Dodan