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seppuku

[ se-poo-koo ]

seppuku

/ ²õɛˈ±è³ÜË°ì³ÜË /

noun

  1. another word for hara-kiri
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of seppuku1

First recorded in 1900–05; from Japanese, earlier s(y)et-puku, from Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese ±ç¾±Ã¨ “cut†+ ´Úù “b±ð±ô±ô²ââ€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of seppuku1

from Japanese, from Chinese ch`ieh to cut + fu bowels
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As a result, I was more familiar with Mishima’s life — the turn to ultraright nationalism, the attempted coup and his ensuing death by seppuku — than with his art.

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So, I commit first-date seppuku and tell him about my lens and my vision loss.

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The rogue warrior whose forces he defeats calls for the young Toranaga himself to serve as his second in the ritual of seppuku.

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Mariko’s entire family was executed for it — by her father, who committed seppuku after being forced to carry out the act.

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He said such shame could only be washed away by committing seppuku - a form of suicide by disembowelment, also known as hara-kiri - at a meeting of the Japanese cabinet after Kishida's return.

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