Words — 45 found
どたんば
土壇場
1. last moment; eleventh hourIdiomatic expression
- これ
- は
- かれ彼
- の
- どたんば土壇場
- だ 。
2. platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo periodorig. meaning
どたん場 【どたんば】
1. artists' world; painting circles
1. the world of the haiku
だん
壇
1. platform; podium; rostrum; pulpit
2. (ceremonial) mound
3. world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles
4. mandalaArchaic
どくだんじょう
独壇場
1. field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity; one's monopolySee also 独擅場, word born of confusion between the kanji 擅 and 壇
1. rostrum; the world of criticism
1. poetry circles
1. musical world
1. taking the podium; mounting the rostrum; going on stage to give a speech, etc.
1. lecture platform