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Death Before Dishonor

不名誉より死 (fumeiyo yori shi)

The Japanese phrase 不名誉より死 is composed of the words 不名誉 fumeiyo meaning "dishonor", より yori meaning "more than; rather than" and 死 (read shi) meaning "death". Japanese has the verb at the end of the sentence (see the Wikipedia article Japanese Language for more information) which is why this appears to be backwards when translated word for word. With this in mind, a literal translation of the Japanese is "rather than dishonor, death".
Death Before Dishonor (不名誉より死) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Death Before Dishonor 不名誉より死 fumeiyo yori shi Block Vertical VB3C
Death Before Dishonor (不名誉より死) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Death Before Dishonor 不名誉より死 fumeiyo yori shi Block Vertical VB4C
Death Before Dishonor (不名誉より死) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Death Before Dishonor 不名誉より死 fumeiyo yori shi Block Vertical VB5C
Death Before Dishonor (不名誉より死) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Death Before Dishonor 不名誉より死 fumeiyo yori shi Cursive Vertical VC3B
Death Before Dishonor (不名誉より死) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Death Before Dishonor 不名誉より死 fumeiyo yori shi Cursive Vertical VC4B
Death Before Dishonor (不名誉より死) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Death Before Dishonor 不名誉より死 fumeiyo yori shi Cursive Vertical VC5B
Death Before Dishonor (不名誉より死) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Death Before Dishonor 不名誉より死 fumeiyo yori shi Design Vertical VD5C
Death Before Dishonor (不名誉より死) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Death Before Dishonor 不名誉より死 fumeiyo yori shi Semi-Cursive Vertical VS4C
Death Before Dishonor (不名誉より死) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Death Before Dishonor 不名誉より死 fumeiyo yori shi Semi-Cursive Vertical VS5C
Death Before Dishonor (不名誉より死) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Death Before Dishonor 不名誉より死 fumeiyo yori shi Semi-Cursive Vertical VS5D
Death Before Dishonor (不名誉より死) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Death Before Dishonor 不名誉より死 fumeiyo yori shi Block Horizontal HB3A
Death Before Dishonor (不名誉より死) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Death Before Dishonor 不名誉より死 fumeiyo yori shi Cursive Horizontal HC3A
Death Before Dishonor (不名誉より死) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Death Before Dishonor 不名誉より死 fumeiyo yori shi Semi-Cursive Horizontal HS3A

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