Random Japanese: ドタキャン

2010 February 7
by nathan

This word is a shortened form of 土壇場キャンセル(どたんばきゃんせる). It means ‘cancelling (or going back on a commitment or promise) at the last minute’.

土壇場 itself means ‘at the last monent’ or ‘at the eleventh hour’.

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