seppuku

sep·pu·ku  (sp-k, s-p-)

n.

Ritual suicide by disembowelment formerly practiced by Japanese samurai. Also called hara-kiri.

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[Japanese : setsu, to cut (from Middle Chinese tshet) + fuku, stomach, abdomen (from Middle Chinese fuwk).]

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seppuku [sɛˈpuːkuː]

n

(Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) another word for hara-kiri

[from Japanese, from Chinese ch`ieh to cut + fu bowels]

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Noun

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seppuku - ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society hara-kiri, harakiri, harikari self-annihilation, self-destruction, suicide - the act of killing yourself; "it is a crime to commit suicide" Nihon, Nippon, Japan - a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building