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Hara-kiri

Hara-kiri Meaning & Definition
Hara-kiri Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hara-kiri?

[n] (Japan) ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by warriors in the traditional Japanese society

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hara-kiri: harakiri | harikari

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See Also | self-annihilation | self-destruction | suicide

Hara-kiri In Webster's Dictionary

\Ha"ra-ki`ri\, n. [Jap., stomach cutting.] Suicide, by slashing the abdomen, formerly practiced in Japan, and commanded by the government in the cases of disgraced officials; disembowelment; -- also written, but incorrectly, {hari-kari}. --W. E. Griffis.

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