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

Also written 老兵は死なず只消え去るのみ

Meanings

1. Expression old soldiers never die; they just fade away (from a song, quoted by Douglas MacArthur)

Kanji

• 老 elderly. Read as ロウ.
• 兵 soldier. Read as ヘイ.
• 死 die. Read as しぬ.
• 消 vanish. Read as きえる.
• 去 gone. Read as さる.

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