プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説
ぎょくさい【玉砕】
((米)) an honorable death，((英)) an honourable death
- 一個大隊が全員玉砕した
The whole battalion died an honorable death (rather than surrender).
玉砕主義｜the principle of preferring honorable death to surrender