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土壇場
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 土壇場.
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Entry
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
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