HARA-KIRI


Meaning of HARA-KIRI in English

/ ˌhærə ˈkɪri; NAmE ˌherə ˈkeri/ noun

[ U ] (from Japanese ) an act of killing yourself by cutting open your stomach with a sword , performed especially by the samurai in Japan in the past, to avoid losing honour

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 19th cent.: colloquial Japanese , from hara belly + kiri cutting.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.