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Never Surrender

決して降伏しない (kesshite koufukushinai)

決して降伏しない (kesshite kōfukushinai) means "never surrender." It joins 決して (kesshite) "never, by no means," 降伏 (kōfuku) "surrender, capitulation," and しない (shinai) "do not." A resolute, unbending statement rather than a classical proverb.

Verify: 決して降伏しない in the Japanese-English Dictionary

Never Surrender (決して降伏しない) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Never Surrender 決して降伏しない kesshite koufukushinai Block Vertical VB5C
Never Surrender (決して降伏しない) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Never Surrender 決して降伏しない kesshite koufukushinai Cursive Vertical VC5B
Never Surrender (決して降伏しない) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Never Surrender 決して降伏しない kesshite koufukushinai Design Vertical VD5B
Never Surrender (決して降伏しない) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Never Surrender 決して降伏しない kesshite koufukushinai Semi-Cursive Vertical VS6C
Never Surrender (決して降伏しない) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Never Surrender 決して降伏しない kesshite koufukushinai Block Horizontal HB5A
Never Surrender (決して降伏しない) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Never Surrender 決して降伏しない kesshite koufukushinai Cursive Horizontal HC5A
Never Surrender (決して降伏しない) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Never Surrender 決して降伏しない kesshite koufukushinai Semi-Cursive Horizontal HS5A

Also available as a hand-brushed Japanese scroll

Master Calligrapher Eri Takase creates each scroll personally, hand-brushed to order on traditional Japanese paper.