also どたん場
- noun, idiom last moment; eleventh hour
- orig. meaning platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
どたんば
last moment
also どたん場
これは彼の土壇場だ。 This is his eleventh hour. #218130
とうとう土壇場に追い込まれた。 We have been completely cornered. #201221
なんとか土壇場で間に合ったよ。 I just made it under the wire. #10903744
土壇場で言葉が旨く言えなかった。 Words failed me at the last minute. #124497