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壇 means 'podium'
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ダン タン
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 壇 is used 3 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 壇 is used 37 times, read 2 ways.
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noun
1. last moment; eleventh hour2. platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
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