Gyokusai

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玉砕 (Gyokusai) is a Japanese noun meaning “honorable death, death without surrender, honorable defeat, trying but being utterly beaten”.

Meanings

  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbhonorable death; death without surrender; honorable defeat
  2. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbtrying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love

Kanji in 玉砕

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