hara-kiri
харакири, сэппуку
Harakiri
Ceremonial suicide by disembowelment, as by slicing open the abdomen with a dagger or…Ceremonial suicide by disembowelment, as by slicing open the abdomen with a dagger or knife: formerly practised in Japan by the samurai when disgraced or sentenced to death.
/ˌhæɹəˈkɪɹi/
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable)Ceremonial suicide by disembowelment, as by slicing open the abdomen with a dagger or knife: formerly practised in Japan by the samurai when disgraced or sentenced to death.
Harakiri
хараки́риxarakíri, сэппу́куsɛppúku
(uncountable)Suicide or any suicidal action.
(broadly, figuratively, uncountable)An act against one's own interests.
Harakiri
More definitions
- ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society
Translations
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By meaning 1
ceremonial suicide by ripping open the abdomen:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
ceremonial suicide by ripping open the abdomen:
Origin
Borrowed from Japanese 腹切り (harakiri), ultimately from 腹 (hara, “belly”) + 切る (kiru, “to cBorrowed from Japanese 腹切り (harakiri), ultimately from 腹 (hara, “belly”) + 切る (kiru, “to cut”).
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