どたんば
Dotanba
Other forms: どたん場
土壇場 (Dotanba) is a Japanese noun meaning “last moment, eleventh hour, platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period”.
Meanings
- nounlast moment; eleventh hour
- nounplatform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo periodorig. meaning
Examples
これは彼の土壇場だ。
This is his eleventh hour.
とうとう土壇場に追い込まれた。
We have been completely cornered.
土壇場で言葉が旨く言えなかった。
Words failed me at the last minute.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).