1. Noun

   1.

   platform; podium; rostrum; pulpit

2. 2.

   (ceremonial) mound

3. Noun, used as a suffix

   3.

   world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles

Example sentences

• 花壇は踏まないで。

  Don't step in the flower bed.

• なんとか土壇場で間に合ったよ。

  I just made it under the wire.