Harikari

noun

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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

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hara-kiriharakiriseppuku

Etymology

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

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