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
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
