玉砕

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぎょく
Grade: 1
さい
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spellings
玉碎 (kyūjitai)
玉摧

Etymology

From the Chinese idiom 寧可玉碎,不能瓦全. Literally means "broken piece of jade".

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ぎょさい [gyòkúsáí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɡʲo̞kɯ̟̊ᵝsa̠i]

Noun

(ぎょく)(さい) (gyokusai) 

  1. dying in an honorable defeat
    Antonym: 瓦全
  2. (colloquial) trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love

Usage notes

Verb

(ぎょく)(さい)する (gyokusai suru) suru (stem (ぎょく)(さい) (gyokusai shi), past (ぎょく)(さい)した (gyokusai shita))

  1. to die in an honorable defeat

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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