壇
壇

podium, stage, rostrum, terrace

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祭壇さいだんNounFreq #9150
1

altar

Examples
彼は祭壇の上をあちこちに歩いた。
He walked to and fro on the stage.
壇上だんじょうNounFreq #10450
1

on a stage; on a platform; on an altar

花壇かだんNounFreq #10742
1

flower bed

Examples
その花壇は水をやる必要がある。
The flower garden needs watering.
壇だんFreq #14282
1

Common noun

platform; podium; rostrum; pulpit

2

Common noun

(ceremonial) mound

3

Noun, used as a suffix

world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles

4

Archaic; Common noun

mandala

土壇場どたん場どたんばNounFreq #17670
1

Idiomatic expression

last moment; eleventh hour

Examples
これは彼の土壇場だ。
This is his eleventh hour.
2

Orig. meaning

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

教壇きょうだんNounFreq #19934
1

(teacher's) platform; podium; dais

仏壇ぶつだんNounFreq #23811
1

Buddhist (household) altar

教壇に立つきょうだんにたつExpressionGodan verbFreq #33636
1

to stand on a podium

2

to teach; to be a teacher

独壇場どくだんじょうNounFreq #35678
1

Word born of confusion between the kanji 擅 and 壇

field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity; one's monopoly

黒檀黒壇こくたんNounFreq #39522
1

ebony

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