登壇

とうだん

taking the podium, mounting the rostrum, going on stage to give a speech, etc.

演壇

えんだん

rostrum, platform

登壇者

とうだんしゃ

presenter (e.g. of a paper), speaker

楼に登る

ろうにのぼる

to go up a tower, to climb a tower

龍天に登る

りゅうてんにのぼる

rise of the dragon (bringing rain around the time of the spring equinox)

壇

だん

platform, podium, rostrum

演る

やる

to perform, to play, to act

教壇に立つ

きょうだんにたつ

to stand on a podium

演ずる

えんずる

to perform, to play

演じる

えんじる

to perform (a play), to play (a part), to act (a part), to commit (a blunder)

歌壇

かだん

poetry circles

花壇

かだん

flower bed

画壇

がだん

artists' world, painting circles

劇壇

げきだん

the stage, the theatrical world

教壇

きょうだん

platform

詩壇

しだん

poetic circles, world of poetry

戒壇

かいだん

ordination platform

楽壇

がくだん

musical world

論壇

ろんだん

rostrum, the world of criticism