土壇場
Meanings
Noun
1. last moment; eleventh hour (Idiom)
2. platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period (orig. meaning)
Other spellings
どたん場
Kanji used
Pitch accent
どたんば
Examples11
これ
This is his eleventh hour.
土壇場
Words failed me at the last minute.
彼
He is shivering on the brink.
とうとう
We have been completely cornered.
土壇場
We'd better finish up this project before the eleventh hour.
土壇場
The game was canceled at the last minute.