noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Alternative form of hara-kiri. alt-of, alternative, proscribed, uncountable
2. 2
   ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

hara-kiriharakiriharakiriseppuku

Etymology

Corrupted from Japanese 腹切り (harakiri), literally "belly-cutting".

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.