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US
/ˈhɑɹɪˈkɪɹi/
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NOUN
- ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society
How To Use hara-kiri In A Sentence
- When Pinkerton finally reappears, bringing his American wife with him, Butterfly bids a desperate farewell to her boy before retiring behind a screen to commit hara-kiri.
- From the 12th to 17th centuries, hara-kiri was a form of ritual suicide in Japan.
- ‘A samurai apologises for his sins by performing hara-kiri,’ Mr Nambu told the Japan Times.
- If she found any, she would say it would be ignominious to be dirty when I was beheaded (it is sometimes honorable for a samurai to commit hara-kiri and then be beheaded). Osamu Shimomura - Autobiography
- He was recovering his health after a hara-kiri attempt.
- Its typical modus operandi is not to bid but threaten effectively to liquidate the trust, a vote of corporate hara-kiri.
- After failing to launch a right-wing military coup in 1970, he committed hara-kiri, ritually disembowelling himself before being decapitated by an assistant.
- Goaded by Kira, Asana draws his sword inside the Shogun's castle, an act prohibited by law, and is forced to commit hara-kiri, leaving his family and samurai retainers dishonored.
- The title affixed to this bit of self-expression was Oh, Dearie, Round-Eyes Hara-Kiri: The Wretched Act. Over the Edge
- All of this means that Japan is rushing toward a demographic hara-kiri.
