Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

death before dishonor in Kanji.

Japanese translation:

玉砕

Added to glossary by yoshiej (X)
Oct 27, 2011 04:11
12 yrs ago
English term

death before dishonor in Kanji.

English to Japanese Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting what to get a tattoo but I want to make sure what I get is correct.
I want to get death before dishonor in Kanji tattooed but I want to make sure I'm getting what I want meaning what I want and not meaning something else. Please help me.
Proposed translations (Japanese)
3 +1 玉砕
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Nov 1, 2011 06:16: yoshiej (X) Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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玉砕

You could do "不名誉より死を” as well, but I thought 玉砕 carries the meaning of the phrase better; it means 'to die in battle rather than surrender'.
Hope this helps!!
Peer comment(s):

agree Hilo 2007
10 hrs
thank you!
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