Refers to a raised platform or stage used for ceremonies, speeches, or performances. Often implies a formal or ritual context.
A platform was set up for the ceremony.
He went up on the stage and began his speech.
one's exclusive domain; unchallenged field; monopoly
Compound of 壇 (だん, 'platform, altar') and 場 (じょう, 'place, location'). The reading じょう for 場 is a standard Sino-Japanese reading used in many compounds.