Word Meaning 土壇場

どたんば dotamba

土壇場 is read as どたんば (dotamba) and means platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period.

Meaning

English

  1. platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
  2. last moment
  3. eleventh hour

Reading

Kana

どたんば

Romaji

dotamba

Writing Variants

  • どたん場 どたんば dotamba

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 31 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 12386 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

土取場

どとりば

borrowing pit (in flood prevention)

土壇

どだん

dirt mound

独壇場

どくだんじょう

field in which one acts unchallenged

壇場

だんじょう

stage

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

Example Sentences

3

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.

I just made it under the wire.

Words failed me at the last minute.