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Seppuku - What does it mean?

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seppuku

English

(wikipedia seppuku)

Noun

  • 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.

    • Usage notes

    * As with (suicide), the usual verb used with (seppuku) is (commit).

    Synonyms

    * hara-kiri

    See also

    * bushido * hara-kiri * kamikaze * suicide ----

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.