seppuku

• “Harikari, also known as seppuku, is Japanese in origin.”

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• “Careful, she might get confused by that funny-sounding Japanese word and think that seppuku is what happens when you drink too much alcohol.”

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• “Ever hear of a lovely Japanese thing called seppuku?”

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• “Ancient samurai were famous for committing ritual suicide by disemboweling themselves with their swords, which was called seppuku or harakiri (two ways to read the same kanji characters).”

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• “Hara kiri," however, is the vulgar term for "seppuku," the ritual self-disembowelment practiced during feudal times in Japan.”

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• “After that tragedy, "seppuku" was forbidden, and is now an anachronism. by”

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• “It should be stated further that in the case of "seppuku," as soon as the act of cutting the abdomen had been completed, always by a single rapid stroke, someone from behind would, with a single blow, behead the victim.”

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• “The physical agony of "seppuku" was, therefore, very brief, lasting but a few seconds.”

  Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic

• “And not infrequently those who were condemned to commit "seppuku" were deficient in physical courage; in such cases, some friend took hold of the victim's hand and forced him to cut himself.”

  Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic

• “In thus describing the Japanese sentiment in regard to "seppuku," there is, however, some danger of misrepresenting it.”

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