How to say "podium" in Japanese

• 壇だんJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounCovers 'podium' in its general sense of a raised platform, rostrum, or pulpit from which someone addresses an audience. Use this when you simply mean the stage-like structure itself, without any specific setting.
• 教壇きょうだんCommon
  nounRefers to the podium or dais in the specific sense of a teacher's platform at the front of a classroom. Choose this only when the context is a school lesson or lecture setting.

For the speaking-stage sense of 'podium', use 壇 for a platform or rostrum in general, and 教壇 specifically when it is the teacher's platform in a classroom.

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• 壇だんplatform
• 教壇きょうだん(teacher's) platform
• ポディウムpodium