Seppuku

切腹 (Seppuku) is a Japanese noun meaning “seppuku, harakiri, ritual suicide by disembowelment, seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)”.

Meanings

  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbseppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment
  2. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbseppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

Kanji in 切腹

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