殉じゅんずる

zuru verb, intransitive verb

sacrifice oneself; die a martyr

Formal, often used for dying for a cause, belief, or duty. The -zuru form is a somewhat literary or older variant of 殉じる.

See also: 殉じる

• 彼かれは信しん念ねんに殉じゅんじた。

  He died for his beliefs.

• 多おおくの兵へい士しが祖そ国こくのために殉じゅんじた。

  Many soldiers sacrificed themselves for their homeland.