HyperDic: seppuku

English > 1 sense of the word seppuku:
NOUNactseppuku, harakiri, hara-kiri, harikariritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword
English > seppuku: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaningritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society.
Synonymsharakiri, hara-kiri, harikari
RegionJapan, Nippon, NihonA constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago
Broadersuicide, self-destruction, self-annihilationThe act of killing yourself
Spanishhara-kiri, harakiri, haraquiri, harikari
Catalanhara-kiri, harakiri, harikari

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