[どたんば, dotanba](n) (1) last moment; eleventh hour; (2) platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period; (P)[Add to Longdo]
[どうたぬき, doutanuki](n) (1) Eiroku-period swordsmithing school, named for a place in the old Higo province; (2) sword of the Dotanuki school, usually thicker and heavier than regular Japanese swords; (3) in fiction, a heavier variant of Japanese sword[Add to Longdo]