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One term I've heard to good effect is 土壇場【どたんば】. By kanji, this literally means [土]{ど} ("dirt, earth, earthen") + [壇]{たん} (usually read だん on its own; "platform, mound, raised area") + [場]{ば} ("place, location"), and as a compound, this means "the location of an earthen mound used for beheadings", which is rather gruesome. As an idiom, to do something 土壇場で ...
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Get well soon - [お大事に]{おだいじに}.
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