platform made of dirt used to perform executions in the Edo period 土壇 [どだん] /(n) (1) dirt mound/(2) dirt walls on the inside of the sunken hearth in a tea room/(3) platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period/EntL2109800/ ------- 土壇場 [どたんば] /(n) (1) last moment/eleventh hour/(2) platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period/(P)/EntL1445460X/ |