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壇 Mandala - Japanese Dictionary Lookup
壇
English: Mandala
Onyomi:
ダン
タン
Romaji:
dan
dan
tan
Radical: 土
Kanji: 壇 (16 Strokes)
Grade Level: 8
JLPT Level: JLPT 1
Frequency Rank: 1512
Part of Speech: noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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Different Meanings:

Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

ろだん :: 露壇 Terrace (in a garden)

きだん :: 基壇 Foundation

きだん :: 基壇 Stylobate

きだん :: 基壇 Platform on which a structure is built

ろくそだんきょう :: 六祖壇経 Platform Sutra

ろくそだんきょう :: 六祖壇経 Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch

しんだん :: 神壇 Altar

ろんだんし :: 論壇誌 Serious magazine

ろんだんし :: 論壇誌 Opinion journal

かだん :: 華壇 Ikebana circles

かだん :: 華壇 World of ikebana

ちんだんぐ :: 鎮壇具 Goods buried during the ground-breaking ceremony for a temple

こうだんしゃかいしゅぎ :: 講壇社会主義 Professorial socialism

こうだんしゃかいしゅぎ :: 講壇社会主義 Academic socialism

とうだんしゃ :: 登壇者 Speaker

とうだんしゃ :: 登壇者 Presenter (e.g. of a paper)

こうだん :: 香壇 Incense altar

さいだんが :: 祭壇画 Altarpiece

ごまだん :: 護摩壇 Homa-mandala (fire altar)

だんのうらのかっせん :: 壇ノ浦の合戦 Battle of Dan-no-ura (final battle of the Genpei War; 1185)

どだん :: 土壇 Platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

どだん :: 土壇 Dirt walls on the inside of the sunken hearth in a tea room

どだん :: 土壇 Dirt mound

だんじょう :: 壇場 Stage

しゅみだん :: 須弥壇 Dais for a Buddhist image

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)

きょうだんにたつ :: 教壇に立つ To be a teacher

きょうだんにたつ :: 教壇に立つ To teach

きょうだんにたつ :: 教壇に立つ To stand on a podium

だんのうらのたたかい :: 壇ノ浦の戦 Battle of Dan-no-ura (final battle of the Genpei War; 1185)

だんのうらのたたかい :: 壇ノ浦の戦い Battle of Dan-no-ura (final battle of the Genpei War; 1185)

Using 壇 in sentences:

(Japanese) 花壇は踏まないで。

(English) Don't step in the flower bed.

(Japanese) なんとか土壇場で間に合ったよ。

(English) I just made it under the wire.

(Japanese) トムは大学で教壇に立っています。

(English) Tom teaches at a university.

(Japanese) 文壇の大家ともあろう人が、まさか金銭トラブルを起こして晩節を汚すことになろうとは思いもよらなかった。

(English) It was unheard of for a literary master, of all people, to get in financial trouble and fall in ruins.

(Japanese) 勉強する子ども、仕事につく大人、病を克服して健康を取り戻した人、その一人一人が、祭壇にささげられたろうそくのように、信じる人すべての希望を明るくします。

(English) Every child who learns, and every man who finds work, and every sick body that's made whole - like a candle added to an altar - brightens the hope of all the faithful.

How do you say Mandala in Japanese?

Answer: 壇

How many kanji strokes does 壇 have?

Answer: 16

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