hara-kiri

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Asano Takumi no Kami performed _hara-kiri_ in the garden of a palace at Shirokané, in Yedo.

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  1. noun See seppuku.

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  • "Condemned to _hara-kiri_, one district governor and one Yedo bailiff. —  Tales of Old Japan
  • Seppuku _ (hara-kiri) _ is the mode of suicide adopted amongst Samurai when they have no alternative but to die. —  Tales of Old Japan
  • In old days the ceremony of _hara-kiri_ used to be performed in a temple. —  Tales of Old Japan
  • Asano Takumi no Kami performed _hara-kiri_ in the garden of a palace at Shirokané, in Yedo. —  Tales of Old Japan
  • It is a currish thing to look upon death in battle or by _hara-kiri_ as a pollution: this is a thing to bear in mind. —  Tales of Old Japan
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  1. Japanese harakiri : hara, abdomen, bowels + kiri, to cut.

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  1. Japanese, from hara, belly, + kiri, cutting, cut. Erroneously written hari-kari, harri-karri, in riming conformation.
 

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/ˈhærəˈkɪrə/
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