土壇
どだん · dodan
Dirt mound
- dirt walls on the inside of the sunken hearth in a tea room
- platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
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Dirt mound. It can also mean: dirt walls on the inside of the sunken hearth in a tea room; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period.
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どだん (dodan). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
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