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Word | Hara-kiri |
Chinese Meaning | 切腹自杀 |
(Japan) ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by warriors in the traditional Japanese society / Suicide, by slashing the abdomen, formerly practiced in Japan, and commanded by the government in the cases of disgraced officials / ritual suicide by disembowelment with a sword, formerly practiced in Japan by samurai as an honorable alternative to disgrace or execution., | |
Usage | ⇒ Alejandro Ferretis plays a middle-aged painter who has retired to a secluded and primitive village to commit suicide (this hara-kiri is perhaps a key to the enigmatic title). |
Synonyms | harakiri, suicide, suppuku, harikari, self-immolation, seppuku, commit hara-kiri, ritual suicide, suttee, belly cutting, ceremonious suicide, disembowelment, |
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