seppuku

How To Use seppuku In A Sentence

• They all committed seppuku in shame and we lost the account.
• 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. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic
• In one of the picture's most satisfying scenes, one of Lord Matsudaira's lackeys arrives at the Sasahara fief with orders for Isaburo and Yogoro to commit seppuku.
• He would have had to commit seppuku at the end of the interview, because he would have been humiliated worse than anyone in the history of the world.
• The transference of that vision, as Algren helps the defeated Katsumoto perform an impromptu seppuku on the field of battle, defines the real last samurai.
• Accusing the daimyo of treason, Lord Hanachi was forced to commit seppuku; after his death, the domain of Totomi was stripped from the lord's family, and his samurai became ronin.
• Sugiyama however is captured and with his family meets a filthy torture death and I don't mean waterboarding, stress positions or loud samisen music, however he will not betray Toranaga-sama by withdrawing his resignation and allowing him to be impeached and invited to commit seppuku. "It became clear to me to me that it would be very difficult day in and day out to serve in this Cabinet," says Judd Gregg, withdrawing.
• Because nobody reads his blog, this blogger gets even more depressed, and eventually abandons the project and/or commits seppuku.
• They would all commit seppuku before following a suggestion from such as you!
• Blasted out by artillery, on 24 September Saig was wounded in a last sortie and committed seppuku assisted by a faithful follower, who then killed himself.