Word Meaning 独壇場

どくだんじょう dokudanjou

独壇場 is read as どくだんじょう (dokudanjou) and means field in which one acts unchallenged.

Meaning

English

  1. field in which one acts unchallenged
  2. unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled)
  3. one's monopoly

Reading

Kana

どくだんじょう

Romaji

dokudanjou

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 37 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 18588 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

土壇場

どたんば

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

壇場

だんじょう

stage

独特

どくとく

understood only by oneself

独り言

ひとりごと

soliloquy

独り歩き

ひとりあるき

taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.)

独自

どくじ

independent

独立

どくりつ

independence (e.g. of a nation)

独裁

どくさい

running (a company, etc.) despotically

独身

どくしん

single

独占

どくせん

hogging

独断

どくだん

dogmatism

独学

どくがく

self-education