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Definition of Harakiri
1. Noun. Ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society.
Generic synonyms: Self-annihilation, Self-destruction, Suicide
Geographical relationships: Japan, Nihon, Nippon
Definition of Harakiri
1. n. Suicide, by slashing the abdomen, formerly practiced in Japan, and commanded by the government in the cases of disgraced officials; disembowelment; - - also written, but incorrectly, hari-kari.
Definition of Harakiri
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of hara-kiri) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Harakiri
Literary usage of Harakiri
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Terry's Japanese Empire by Thomas Philip Terry (1914)
"... and by reporting a loss promptly to police headquarters, one stands an excellent
chance of recovering the goods. V. Jujutsu. Wrestling. harakiri. ..."
2. In Beautiful Japan: A Story of Bamboo Lands by Katharine Schuyler Baxter (1904)
"Asano was condemned OFFICIAL harakiri. to perform harakiri that very evening,
his castle was forfeited, his family declared extinct, and all the members of ..."
3. A Diplomat in Japan: The Inner History of the Critical Years in the by Ernest Mason Satow (1921)
"... harakiri—NEGOTIATIONS FOE AUDIENCE OF THE MIKADO AT KIOTO NEXT day Date"
introduced to the Foreign Representatives Sawa Mondd no Kami, one of the five ..."
4. Things Japanese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan for by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1905)
"... who himself had the gruesome opportunity of seeing harakiri performed. ...
63, gives a literal translation of a native account of the harakiri of Asano, ..."
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