AJRP Glossary
| Term (romaji) | gyokusai |
| Japanese | 玉砕 |
| Japanese (GIF) | |
| Translation | honourable death; honourable suicide |
| Comments | This term can refer to both civilian and military deaths. The mass suicides by civilians on Okinawa in 1945 for example, are usually referred to in official histories as "gyokusai," or "shûdan jiketsu" (literally: "group self-determination"). |
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