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
27 June 2025
(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
