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    3. 土壇場

    土壇場

    土ど壇たん場ば

    last moment

    KMT6News #10+1NounHistoryKanji Vocab31 strokes

    どたん場

    どたんば

    Noun

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

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    彼かれはいつも土ど壇たん場ばで力ちからを発はっ揮きする。

    He always shows his strength at the last moment.

    KMT5Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    プロジェクトは土ど壇たん場ばで何なんとか間まに合あった。

    The project barely made it at the eleventh hour.

    KMT6Work & CareerBusiness & Finance
    ヒーローは土ど壇たん場ばで危き機きを救すくった。

    The hero saved the crisis at the very last moment.

    KMT6HistoryAnime & Manga
    土ど壇たん場ばになっても、彼かれは希き望ぼうを捨すてなかった。

    Even at the last moment, he did not give up hope.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyCore Concepts
    罪ざい人にんは土ど壇たん場ばへと連つれて行いかれた。

    The criminal was led to the execution platform.

    KMT7HistoryPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    土
    つち…(5)
    soil・earth・ground・Turkey
    壇
    podium・stage・rostrum・terrace
    場
    ば…(2)
    location・place
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