harakiri, hara-kiri, harikari, seppuku
(noun) ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society
Source: WordNet® 3.1
seppuku (countable and uncountable, plural seppukus or seppuku)
A form of ritual suicide by disembowelment using a blade, practiced by Japanese samurai, especially to rid oneself of shame, as a means of protest or, formerly, as a method of capital punishment.
• As with suicide, the usual verb used with seppuku is commit.
• hara-kiri
• pukes up
Source: Wiktionary
Sep*pu"ku, n.
Definition: Same as Hara-kiri. Seppuku, or hara-kiri, also came into vogue. W. E. Griffis.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 April 2025
(adjective) not married or related to the unmarried state; “unmarried men and women”; “unmarried life”; “sex and the single girl”; “single parenthood”; “are you married or single?”
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