玉ぎょく砕さい主しゅ義ぎ

noun

principle of honorable death and no surrender

Refers to the militaristic ideology of choosing death over surrender, often associated with Japanese wartime attitudes.

• 玉ぎょく砕さい主しゅ義ぎは、戦せん時じ中ちゅうの日本にほん軍ぐんの精せい神しんを象しょう徴ちょうする言こと葉ばだ。

  The principle of honorable death and no surrender is a term that symbolizes the spirit of the Japanese military during the war.