Definition of 土壇場 (どたんば)

どたんば

土壇場

どたんば

dotanba

Common word

noun

last moment, eleventh hour(idiom )

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

Related Kanji

土	soil, earth, ground, Turkey
壇	podium, stage, rostrum, terrace
場	location, place

Example sentences(showing 5 results)

どたんば

おこ

We have been completely cornered

どたんば

ことば

うま

い

Words failed me at the last minute

どたんば

ふば

けいやく

かと

かぎ

、

われわれ

はさん

どうぜん

If we don't make a last ditch stand at winning that contract, we may very well go under

かれ

どたんば

This is his eleventh hour

いじゅうしゃ

ぶらく

やばんじん

せいふく

、

いじゅうしゃ

きぼう

せいかつ

どたんば

とき

、

なが

さいげつ

ふこう

しゅうしふ

Years of resistance to misfortune ended when the settlers' village was overcome by the savages and their hopes and lives came to the bitter end