HARA-KIRI

Meaning of HARA-KIRI in English

n. ritual suicide by disembowelment with a sword, formerly practised by Samurai to avoid dishonour.

Etymology: colloq. Jap. f. hara belly + kiri cutting

Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012

HARA-KIRI — also hari-kari noun Etymology: Japanese harakiri, from hara belly + kiri cutting Date: 1840 ritual suicide by disembowelment practiced by …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HARA-KIRI — noun also hari-kari ˌharēˈkirē, ˌhariˈkiri, -arəˈk-, -ˈkar- also ˌher- or -ˈker- ( -s ) Etymology: Japanese harakiri, from hara belly …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HARA-KIRI — /hahr"euh kear"ee, har"euh-, har"ee-/ , n. 1. Also called seppuku . ceremonial suicide by ripping open the abdomen with a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HARA-KIRI — also hari-kari ˌha-ri-ˈkir-ē, -ˈkra-ē Etymology: Japanese harakiri, from hara belly + kiri cutting Date: 1840 1. : ritual suicide by …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HARA-KIRI — [ ˌharə'kɪri ] ■ noun ritual suicide by disembowelment with a sword, formerly practised in Japan by samurai as an …
Concise Oxford English vocab
HARA-KIRI — [hara-kiri] n [Jp harakiri, fr. hara belly + kiri cutting] (1840) 1: ritual suicide by disembowelment practiced by the Japanese …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HARA-KIRI — hara-kiri BrE AmE ˌhær ə ˈkɪr i -ˈkɪər-, !!-i ˈkær i, !!-i ˈkɑːr i AmE ˌhɑːr- —Japanese [ ha ˌɾa …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HARA-KIRI — / ˌhærə ˈkɪri; NAmE ˌherə ˈkeri/ noun [ U ] (from Japanese ) an act of killing yourself by cutting …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HARA-KIRI — n. ritual suicide by disembowelment with a sword, formerly practised by Samurai to avoid dishonour. [colloq. Jap. f. hara belly …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HARA-KIRI — япон.; сущ. харакири яп. n харакири hara-kiri яп. харакири hari-kari: hari-kari =hara-kiri
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HARA-KIRI — япон.; сущ. харакири яп. n харакири hara-kiri яп. харакири hari-kari: hari-kari =hara-kiri
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HARA-KIRI — In former times, if a Japanese man committed hara-kiri , he killed himself by cutting his own stomach open, in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HARA-KIRI — (n.) Suicide, by slashing the abdomen, formerly practiced in Japan, and commanded by the government in the cases of disgraced …
Английский словарь Webster
HARA-KIRI — ( n. ) Suicide, by slashing the abdomen, formerly practiced in Japan, and commanded by the government in the cases …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HARA-KIRI — honorable suicide through self-disembowelment (ceremonial suicide practiced by the Japanese samurai when disgraced or under a death sentence)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HARA-KIRI — noun suicide, by slashing the abdomen, formerly practiced in japan, and commanded by the government in the cases of disgraced …
Webster English vocab
HARA-KIRI — Variant: also hari-kari Pronunciation: ˌ ha-ri- ' kir- ē , - ' kra- ē Function: noun Etymology: Japanese harakiri, from …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HARA-KIRI — In former times, if a Japanese man committed ~, he killed himself by cutting his own stomach open, in order …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HARA-KIRI — Function: noun Synonyms: SUICIDE , felo-de-se, self-destruction, self-murder, self-slaughter, self-violence
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
HARA-KIRI — noun Synonyms: suicide , felo-de-se, self-destruction, self-murder, self-slaughter, self-violence
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
HARA-KIRI — _яп. _n. харакири
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HARA-KIRI — япон.; сущ.харакири
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HARA-KIRI — яп.; сущ. харакири
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HARA-KIRI — яп.; сущ. харакири
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HARA-KIRI — _n. _яп. харакири
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
HARA-KIRI — n. яп. харакири
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
HARA-KIRI — харакири
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
HARA-KIRI — _яп. _n. харакири
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
HARA — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Hara Kei {{link=Hara Takashi">Hara Takashi
Английский словарь Британика
KIRI — ˈkērē noun ( -s ) Etymology: Japanese 1. : a paulownia ( Paulownia tomentosa ) 2. : the light soft …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HARA — hara kiri Hara Kei Hara Takashi
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HARA — (mountain land), (1 Chronicles 5:26) only, is either a place utterly unknown or it must be regarded as identical with …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
HARA — a hill; showing forth
Bible Names English vocab
TE KANAWA, DAME KIRI (JANETTE) — born March 6, 1944, Gisborne, North Island, N.Z. New Zealand-born (half-Maori) soprano. After winning various singing competitions at home, she …
Английский словарь Британика
O'HARA, JOHN (HENRY) — born Jan. 31, 1905, Pottsville, Pa., U.S. died April 11, 1970, Princeton, N.J. U.S. novelist and short-story writer. O'Hara developed …
Английский словарь Британика
HARA KEI — or Hara Takashi born March 15, 1856, Morioka, Japan died Nov. 4, 1921, Tokyo Prime minister of Japan (1918–21) and …
Английский словарь Британика
SEPPUKU — ( (Japanese: self-disembowelment), ) also called Hara-kiri (belly-cutting), the honourable method of taking one's own life practiced by men of …
Britannica English vocabulary
TE KANAWA, DAME KIRI (JANETTE) — born March 6, 1944, Gisborne, North Island, N.Z. critically acclaimed opera star. When Kiri was five weeks old she was …
Britannica English vocabulary
O'HARA, JOHN (HENRY) — born Jan. 31, 1905, Pottsville, Pa., U.S. died April 11, 1970, Princeton, N.J. American novelist and short-story writer whose fiction …
Britannica English vocabulary
O'HARA, FRANK — born June 27, 1926, Baltimore died July 25, 1966, Fire Island, N.Y., U.S. American poet who gathered images from an …
Britannica English vocabulary
HARA TAKASHI — born March 15, 1856, Morioka, Japan died Nov. 4, 1921, Tokyo also called Hara Kei politician who was prime minister …
Britannica English vocabulary
O'HARA — O'Hara BrE AmE ə ʊ ˈhɑːr ə AmE \ oʊ ˈhær ə -ˈher-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
KIRI TE KANAWA — Kiri Te Kanawa BrE AmE ˌkɪr i ti ˈkɑːn ə wə ˌkɪər-, -ˈkæn-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HARA KEI — or Hara Takashi born March 15, 1856, Morioka, Japan died Nov. 4, 1921, Tokyo Prime minister of Japan (191821) and …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HARAKIRI — [J] n hara-kiri
Interlingua English vocab
SEPPUKU — noun Etymology: Japanese Date: 1871 hara-kiri 1
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HARI-KARI — see: hara-kiri
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SUICIDE — Act of intentionally taking one's own life. Suicide may have psychological origins such as the difficulty of coping with depression …
Английский словарь Британика
SEPPUKU — or hara-kiri Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment, practiced by members of the samurai class. Suicide by disembowelment was favoured because …
Английский словарь Британика
NOH THEATRE — or No theatre Classic Japanese theatrical form. One of the world's oldest extant theatrical forms, Noh theatre has a heroic …
Английский словарь Британика
HAKUIN — or Hakuin Ekaku born Jan. 19, 1686, Hara Suruga province, Japan died Jan. 18, 1769, Hara Japanese priest and artist …
Английский словарь Британика
DE — I or te (Chinese; " virtue ") In Daoism , the potentiality of dao that is present in all things; …
Английский словарь Британика
DAME — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Anderson Dame Judith Andrews Dame Julie Ashcroft Dame Peggy Cartland Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton …
Английский словарь Британика
DASEHRA — noun or da·sa·ra or dus·se·rah ˈdəsərə ; or da·sa·ha·ra ˌdəs(h)əˈhərə ; or da·sa·hra ˈdəsərə ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ABURAGIRI — ˌäbərəˈgirē noun ( -s ) Etymology: Japanese abura-kiri, from abura oil + kiri paulownia : candlenut 2
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Britannica English vocabulary
NO THEATRE — no also spelled Noh, traditional Japanese theatrical form and one of the oldest extant theatrical forms in the world. No, …
Britannica English vocabulary
YAMAMOTO GONNOHYOE, COUNT — born Nov. 26, 1852, Kagoshima, Japan died Dec. 8, 1933, Tokyo (Hakushaku), Gonnohyoe also spelled Gombee Japanese naval officer who …
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MACHIDA — city, Tokyo Metropolis (to), Honshu, Japan, on the border of Kanagawa Prefecture (ken). Situated on the southern slopes of the …
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LEIGH, VIVIEN — born November 5, 1913, Darjeeling, India died July 8, 1967, London, England original name Vivian Mary Hartley British actress who …
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HARIHARA — also spelled Hari-hara, in Hinduism, a syncretic deity, combining the two major gods, Vishnu (Hari) and Siva (Hara). Images of …
Britannica English vocabulary
HAKUIN — born Jan. 19, 1686, Hara, Suruga province, Japan died Jan. 18, 1769, Hara also called Hakuin Ekaku, original name Iwajiro …
Britannica English vocabulary
STEP — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bold step ▪ The following year he made a bold step to expand …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HAR — a-kiri [noun] [U] - (in Japan, esp. in the past) a ceremonial way of killing yourself by cutting open the …
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