土壇場
どたんば
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
Common word
Meanings
Noun
last moment; eleventh hourIdiom- platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
Example sentences
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This is his eleventh hour.
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We have been completely cornered.
なんとか土壇場で間に合ったよ。
I just made it under the wire.
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Words failed me at the last minute.
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He is shivering on the brink.
More examples (7)
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The bill passed at the last moment.
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The game was canceled at the last minute.
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I am sorry to cancel the appointment at the last minute.
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We'd better finish up this project before the eleventh hour.
土壇場で踏ん張ってその契約を勝ち取らない限り、我々は破産も同然だ。
If we don't make a last ditch stand at winning that contract, we may very well go under.
移住者の部落が野蛮人によって征服され、移住者の希望も生活も土壇場にきた時、長い歳月をかけての不幸とのたたかいに終止符がうたれた。
Years of resistance to misfortune ended when the settlers' village was overcome by the savages and their hopes and lives came to the bitter end.
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Words failed me at the last minute.