肉にく弾だん

noun

human bullet; suicide attacker; human-wave attack

Figurative term for a person used as a living projectile in a desperate assault. Often appears in compounds like 肉弾戦 (close-quarters combat using bodies) or 肉弾攻撃 (human-wave attack). Originates from the title of a novel by Tadayoshi Sakurai.

See also: 肉弾戦

• 敵てき陣じんに肉にく弾だんとなって突とつ入にゅうした。

  They charged into the enemy camp as human bullets.

• 肉にく弾だん戦せんで多おおくの犠ぎ牲せい者しゃが出でた。

  Many casualties resulted from the hand-to-hand combat.