seppuku

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Maybe the cat is basically trying to commit seppuku -- eat whatever poisoned the master.

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

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  • He decides to cover it up by staging a seppuku, which means a dangerous dragging of the body somewhere a little more believable, but still close by Under the cherry trees that line the baseball field Right. —  AHMM,June2007
  • Indeed, they were arguably a form of defamation seppuku. —  FindLaw Writ - Recent Articles
  • In markets where competitors aren't playing along with the idea, or the carrier faces pressure from municipal fiber builds, Time Warner Cable's decision could border on seppuku. —  DSLreports - front page
  • I can only hope AP appears in my photos after he committs seppuku due to pjtv ads leaving. —  Hot Air » Top Picks
  • Instead of committing seppuku to preserve his honor, Usagi wanders Japan as a yojimbo —  Anime Nano!
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  1. Japanese : setsu, to cut (from Middle Chinese tshet) + fuku, stomach, abdomen (from Middle Chinese fuwk).

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  1. Japanese, colloquial pronunciation of setsŭ pukŭ, ‘cut the belly’ (the syllable tsŭ, except when initial, being assimilated in modern Japanese and Chinese words to a k, p, or s following): setsŭ, from Chinese ts'ieh, ts'it, cut; fukŭ, pukŭ, from Chinese fuh, fuk, belly, abdomen.
 

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