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：2026/01/13
玉砕
Hiragana
ぎょくさい
Noun
colloquial
Japanese Meaning
名誉を重んじて、あえて全滅・全敗すること。転じて、全力で挑んだ結果としての徹底的な敗北や失敗をも指す。 / （比喩的に）恋愛や交渉などで、思い切ってぶつかった結果、完全に拒絶されたり、望みが絶たれたりすること。
Easy Japanese Meaning
いっしょうけんめいにたたかってまけて、すべてをうしなうこと
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
为保荣誉而战败身亡 / （口）尽力仍惨败 / （口）表白被彻底拒绝
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
為捍衛榮譽而在敗戰中戰死 / （口語）盡力而為卻徹底慘敗 / （口語）告白被完全拒絕
Korean Meaning
명예로운 패배로 목숨을 잃는 일; 끝까지 싸우다 전멸하는 일 / (속어) 최선을 다했지만 완전히 패배하는 일 / (속어) 사랑을 고백했다가 완전히 거절당하는 일
Indonesian
gugur dalam kekalahan terhormat / (kol.) berusaha namun kalah telak / (kol.) ditolak mentah-mentah saat menyatakan cinta
Vietnamese Meaning
hy sinh oanh liệt khi bại trận / (khẩu ngữ) cố gắng nhưng thua thảm / (khẩu ngữ) tỏ tình bị từ chối thẳng thừng
Tagalog Meaning
marangal na pagkamatay sa pagkatalo / lubusang pagkatalo kahit nagsikap / tuluyang nabasted sa pag-amin ng pag-ibig
Sense（1）
dying in an honorable defeat
Sense（2）
(colloquial) trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
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dying in an honorable defeat / (colloquial) trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
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玉砕
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He chose to die in an honorable defeat.
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彼は玉砕を選んだ。
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