ぎょくさい

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ぎょくさい – see the following entry.

【玉砕】 [noun] dying in an honorable defeat [noun] (colloquial) trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love [verb] to die in an honorable defeat Alternative spelling 玉摧

(This term, ぎょくさい (gyokusai), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)