NOUN | act | harikari, harakiri, hara-kiri, seppuku | ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword |
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Meaning | ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society. | |
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Synonyms | harakiri, hara-kiri, seppuku | |
Region | Japan, Nippon, Nihon | A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago |
Broader | suicide, self-destruction, self-annihilation | The act of killing yourself |
Spanish | hara-kiri, harakiri, haraquiri, harikari | |
Catalan | hara-kiri, harakiri, harikari |
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