玉砕 (ぎょくさい) — honorable death

玉砕 is read ぎょくさい and listed as a noun. Meaning: honorable death; death without surrender; honorable defeat.

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Related words

Other words in the dictionary that share a kanji with 玉砕.

  • 珠玉 しゅぎょく jewel
  • 水玉 みずたま drop of water
  • 目玉 めだま eyeball
  • 埼玉 さいたま Saitama (city, prefecture)
  • 玉 たま ball
  • 替え玉 かえだま stand-in
  • 砕石 さいせき crushed stone
  • 粉砕 ふんさい pulverization
  • 砕く くだく to break (into pieces)
  • 砕ける くだける to break (into pieces)
  • 火砕流 かさいりゅう pyroclastic flow