Definition of 老兵は死なずただ消え去るのみ (ろうへいはしなずただきえさるのみ)

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老兵は死なずただ消え去るのみ

ろうへいはしなずただきえさるのみ

rouheihashinazutadakiesarunomi

View details for kanji: 老View details for kanji: 兵View details for kanji: 死View details for kanji: 消View details for kanji: 去
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old soldiers never die; they just fade away(quotation)(from a song, quoted by Douglas MacArthur)
Other readings:
老兵は死なず只消え去るのみ【ろうへいはしなずただきえさるのみ】
Related Kanji
老 old man, old age, grow old
兵 soldier, private, troops, army, warfare, strategy, tactics
死 death, die
消 extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel
去 gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce
只 only, free, in addition