Moto 玉砕 (ぎょくさい)honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death
- honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable deathnoun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
- trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's lovenoun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
Kanji in 玉砕
- 玉Jewel; BallRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N2
- 砕Smash; Break; CrushRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N1
Words that share its kanji
- 玉たまball; sphere
- 目玉めだまeyeball
- 替え玉かえだまproxy; ringer
- お年玉おとしだまNew Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
- 玉虫色たまむしいろiridescent colour
- シャボン玉シャボンだまsoap bubble
- ビー玉ビーだまmarble; glass marble
- 勾玉まがたまcomma-shaped jewels
- 火砕流かさいりゅうpyroclastic flow
- 砕くくだくto break; to smash
- 砕けるくだけるto break (into pieces); to be broken
- 砕石さいせきcrushed stone; macadam
- 破砕はさいcrushing (into pieces); smashing
- 粉砕ふんさいpulverization; pulverisation
- 腰砕けこしくだけcollapsing in the middle of a bout
- あっ砕あっさいcrushing
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