どたんば

土 壇 場

Common word

  1. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    last moment, eleventh hour
    idiomatic expression

    • これは彼の土壇場だ。
      This is his eleventh hour.

  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

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