noun

  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.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
土壇 どだん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
podium, stage, rostrum
ダン (8th, N1)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
truly, wholly, cordial
タン セン あつ.い (Kentei 1)
rice storehouse(廩) variant
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
-times, round, game
カイ まわ.る エ (2nd, N3)
box, box or enclosure radical (no. 31)
イ コク (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
daybreak, dawn, morning
タン あき.らか あきら (11th, N1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)