HARA-KIRI


Meaning of HARA-KIRI in English

( 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.

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