殉じる

じゅんじる【殉じる】

( ⇒ じゅんしょく［殉職］ )

¶ → 国に殉じる

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じゅんじる【殉じる】

1 〔命をささげる〕 sacrifice [immolate] oneself 《for one's country》; die 《for the cause》; die a martyr to [for] 《one's faith》; suffer martyrdom 《for…》.

●職に殉じる die at one's post (of duty); die a martyr to one's duty; lay down one's life for one's office; fall in the line of service

・愛に殉じる lay down one's life for love; die for love

・主義に殉じる die a martyr to one's cause; sacrifice oneself for a principle

・国難に殉じる sacrifice oneself in a national crisis; lay down one's life patriotically in a national emergency.

2 〔殉死する〕 follow 《one's master》 to the grave.

3 〔同じ犠牲の道をたどる〕 follow.

●大臣に殉じて次官も辞職した. The minister resigned and the vice-minister followed suit.