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diving board

stage actor; stage actress

final performance; swan song; last act

ski jump

jump ramp (skateboarding, BMX, etc.); launch ramp

Idiomatic expression

financial situation

clothes-drying platform; place for drying laundry

Balcony of Appearances; balcony where the imperial family appears before the public

Colloquial

(sports) interview platform; winner's platform; rostrum

Slang

dancing platform (in a disco)

globally; on the global stage; on a worldwide level

Idiomatic expression

to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; to jump off the veranda of the Kiyomizu temple

flipping a table over in anger; overturning a table in anger

clear weather after a typhoon has passed

theatrical elocution

chopping block

Business

springboard for discussion; draft proposal; tentative plan

stage director

TV stand; TV table; TV unit

sleeper train

dress rehearsal

street food

performing solo; having the stage to oneself; being in sole command; eclipsing (outshining) the others; field of activity in which one is unrivaled (unrivalled)

kitchenware

performing arts

ironing board

on-stage composure

kitchen utensils