honorable death
玉摧
ぎょくさい
Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive
1.
honorable death, death without surrender, honorable defeat
2.
trying but being utterly beaten, being completely rejected when professing one's love
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太平洋戦争末期、多くの兵士が玉砕しました。
In the final stages of the Pacific War, many soldiers died honorably without surrender.
彼のプロポーズは、見事に玉砕に終わった。
His proposal ended in a spectacular rejection.
硫黄島の戦いは、日本軍の玉砕という悲劇的な結果に終わった。
The Battle of Iwo Jima ended in the tragic outcome of the Japanese forces' honorable annihilation.
彼女に告白したが、あっけなく玉砕してしまった。
I confessed my feelings to her, but I was easily and completely rejected.
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