腹切り

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Contents 1 Japanese 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Synonyms

[edit] Japanese

Kanji in this term
腹	切

[edit] Alternative spellings

• 腹切

[edit] Etymology

From 腹 (hara), “‘belly, bowels’”) + 切る (kiru), “‘cut’”).

[edit] Noun

腹切り (hiragana はらきり, romaji harakiri)

1. hara-kiri, self-disembowelment

[edit] Usage notes

• harakiri, or 切腹 (seppuku), was the Samurai practice of committing honorable suicide in historic Japan, seen as a final deed to cleanse oneself of sins and remove shame. As a verbal suffix, 切る (kiru), otherwise meaning “cut”, has the connotation of being thorough or decisive while performing an action, indicating the resolve of a Samurai in doing so.

[edit] Synonyms

• 切腹 (せっぷく, seppuku)
• 割腹
• 自刃