老ろう兵へいは死しなず只ただ消きえ去さるのみ
Meanings
Expression
Quote
1. old soldiers never die; they just fade away
from a song, quoted by Douglas MacArthur
Kanji used
elderly
soldier
death
ordinary
extinguish
past
Composed of
old soldier
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
to disappear; to vanish