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<ent_seq>2858918</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>板垣死すとも自由は死せず</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>いたがきしすともじゆうはしせず</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<misc>&quote;</misc>
<s_inf>allegedly uttered by Itagaki Taisuke, founder of the Meiji-era Liberal Party, after a failed assassination attempt</s_inf>
<gloss>Itagaki may die, but liberty never!</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2023-09-29 05:38:40" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>板垣死すとも	4691	60.3%
自由は死せず	3091	39.7%

English translation from enwiki, which quotes Jansen, Marius (2000). The Making of Modern Japan, p. 381.

Other alternatives
https://www.mlit.go.jp/tagengo-db/en/H30-00699.html
“Taisuke may die, but freedom shall never 

Donald Keane book: ''Itagaki may die, but freedom will never die!''

The Japan Daily Mail (1882)
"Should Itagaki die, the spirit of freedom shall not die!"</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-10-03 22:42:02" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I guess it's OK.</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2024-03-09 02:40:05" stat="A">
<upd_uid>stephen</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Stephen Kraus</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Correcting 〜しぜす to 〜しせず</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -8 +8 @@
-&lt;reb&gt;いたがきしすともじゆうはしぜす&lt;/reb&gt;
+&lt;reb&gt;いたがきしすともじゆうはしせず&lt;/reb&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>