seppuku

See also: Seppuku

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 切腹 (seppuku), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 切 (t͡set, “to cut”) +‎ 腹 (pjuwk, “belly”). Compare Cantonese 切腹 (tsit-fuk) and Mandarin 切腹 (qiēfù).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛˈpuːkuː/
• enPR: sĕpʹo͞o-ko͞o('), sĕpʹə-, sĕ-po͞oʹ-, sə-po͞oʹ-, IPA^(key): /ˈsɛpu(ˌ)ku/, /ˈsɛpə-/, /sɛˈpu-/, /səˈpu-/
• Hyphenation: sep‧pu‧ku

Noun

seppuku (countable and uncountable, plural seppukus or seppuku)

1. 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.

Usage notes

• As with suicide, the usual verb used with seppuku is commit.

Synonyms

• hara-kiri

Translations

ritual suicide by disembowelment

• Arabic: هَارَا كِيرِي m (hārā kīrī)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 切腹 (zh) (qiēfù)

• Finnish: harakiri (fi)
• German: Seppuku (de) n
• Hindi: सेप्पुकू (seppukū)
• Japanese: 切腹 (ja) (せっぷく, seppuku), 腹切り (はらきり, harakiri)
• Korean: 할복 (halbok)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Marathi: सेप्पुकु n (seppuku)
• Polish: seppuku n
• Portuguese: seppuku m
• Russian: хараки́ри (ru) n (xarakíri), сэппу́ку (ru) n (sɛppúku)
• Tagalog: seppuku
• Urdu: سیپکو (seppukū)
• Vietnamese: thiết phúc, seppuku (vi)

See also

• bushido
• hara-kiri
• kamikaze
• suicide

Anagrams

• pukes up

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 切腹.

Noun

seppuku

1. seppuku
   • 1997, Erik Østerud, Den Optiske Fordring: Pejlinger I Den Visuelle Kultur Omkring Henrik Ibsens Forfatterskab

     På grund af dette lovbrud beordrer shogunen Hangan til at begå seppuku.

     Because of this crime, the shogun commands Hangan to commit seppuku.

   • 1967, K. Holst Andersen, Mit hus i Japan

     ... det blev ham tilladt at begå seppuku, eller harakiri, selvmord ved at stikke en kniv i underlivet.

     ... he was allowed to commit seppuku, or harakiri, suicide by stabbing a knife into the part of the body consisting of the hip and the scrotum.

Declension

No declined forms attested.

Synonyms

• harakiri

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• seppoekoe (rare)

Etymology

Borrowing from Japanese 切腹.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛˈpu.ku/
• Hyphenation: sep‧pu‧ku
• Rhymes: -uku

Noun

seppuku m (uncountable)

1. seppuku

   Synonym: harakiri

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Japanese

Romanization

seppuku

1. Rōmaji transcription of せっぷく

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Polish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese 切腹 (せっぷく (seppuku)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛpˈpu.ku/

Noun

seppuku n

1. seppuku

Declension

Indeclinable.

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Portuguese

Noun

seppuku m (plural seppukus)

1. seppuku (ritual Japanese suicide by disembowelment)