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noun - ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword
HARAKIRI - Seppuku (, "cutting [the] belly"), sometimes referred to as harakiri (, "abdomen/belly cutting", a native Japanese kun reading), is a form of Japanes...
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| This Japanese ritual is also known as seppuku |
| After you perform this Japanese ritual suicide, a friend or kinsman is supposed to decapitate you |
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| Alternative spelling of hara-kiri. |
| ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword practiced by warriors in the traditional Japanese society |
| Ritual suicide by disembowelment with a sword, formerly practised in Japan by samurai as an honourable alternative to disgrace or execution. |
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| Seppuku (, "cutting [the] belly"), sometimes referred to as harakiri (, "abdomen/belly cutting", a native Japanese kun reading), is a form of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment. It was originally reserved for samurai, but was also practiced by other Japanese people later on to restore honor for themselves or for their family. A samurai practice, seppuku was used either voluntarily by samurai to die with honor rather than fall into the hands of their enemies (and likely suffer torture) or as a form of capital punishment for samurai who had committed serious offenses, or performed because they had brought shame to themselves. The ceremonial disembowelment, which is usually part of a more elaborate ritual and performed in front of spectators, consists of plunging a short blade, traditionally a tant, into the abdomen and drawing the blade from left to right, slicing the abdomen open. If the cut is performed deeply enough it can sever the descending aorta, causing massive blood loss |