seppuku
IPA: sɛpˈuku
noun
- A form of ritual suicide by disembowelment using a blade, practiced by Japanese samurai, especially to rid oneself of shame, as a means of protest, or, formerly, as a method of capital punishment.
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Examples of "seppuku" in Sentences
- And thank god seppuku is outlawed...
- Yoshinobu committed suicide by seppuku.
- All but one of them then commit seppuku.
- Japanese seppuku falls into this category.
- Seppuku is suicide by slicing the abdomen.
- Asano was immediately forced to commit seppuku.
- And that hara kiri is seppuku written backwards.
- Ever hear of a lovely Japanese thing called seppuku?
- As a result, the yoriki was ordered to commit seppuku.
- Harikari, also known as seppuku, is Japanese in origin.
- Seppuku. is a form of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment.
- I think unnoticeable misuse of a hyphen isn't worth seppuku, ita.
- After that tragedy, "seppuku" was forbidden, and is now an anachronism. by
- The physical agony of "seppuku" was, therefore, very brief, lasting but a few seconds.
- "Hara kiri," however, is the vulgar term for "seppuku," the ritual self-disembowelment practiced during feudal times in Japan.
- Careful, she might get confused by that funny-sounding Japanese word and think that seppuku is what happens when you drink too much alcohol.
- Ancient samurai were famous for committing ritual suicide by disemboweling themselves with their swords, which was called seppuku or harakiri (two ways to read the same kanji characters).
- It should be stated further that in the case of "seppuku," as soon as the act of cutting the abdomen had been completed, always by a single rapid stroke, someone from behind would, with a single blow, behead the victim.
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