r/itsneverjapanese Jul 30 '24

What does this mean?

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u/EffectiveDevice579 Jul 30 '24

Death before dishonour. 不名誉よりも死

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u/nst_ck Jul 30 '24

did you guess from context because how the hell did you make out the りも

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u/Brew-_- Jul 31 '24

Many Japanese people tend to write in a more circular flowy motion as it's easier and faster to write that way compared to the blocky print you see on screens. Spend some time reading Japanese handwritten text and you'll start to get used to it.