seppuku
A form of ritual suicide by disembowelment using a blade, practiced by Japanese…A form of ritual suicide by disembowelment using a blade, practiced by Japanese samurai, especially to rid oneself of shame, as a means of protest, or, formerly, as a method of capital punishment.
» I want you to commit seppuku.
Ich möchte, dass du rituellen Selbstmord begehst.
Ich will, dass du Harakiri machst.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A form of ritual suicide by disembowelment using a blade, practiced by Japanese samurai, especially to rid oneself of shame, as a means of protest, or, formerly, as a method of capital punishment.
Seppuku
хараки́риxarakíri, сэппу́куsɛppúku
ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society
Examples
1 sentencesI want you to commit seppuku.
deIch möchte, dass du rituellen Selbstmord begehst.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
Borrowed from Japanese 切腹 (seppuku), from Middle Chinese 切 (t͡set, “to cut”) + 腹 (pjuwk, “Borrowed from Japanese 切腹 (seppuku), from Middle Chinese 切 (t͡set, “to cut”) + 腹 (pjuwk, “belly”). Compare Cantonese 切腹 (cit³ fuk¹) and Mandarin 切腹 (qiēfù).
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Forms
plural: seppukus / seppukuSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable