HARAKIRI
Dictionary entry overview: What does harakiri mean? • HARAKIRI (noun)
The noun HARAKIRI has 1 sense:
1. ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society
Familiarity information: HARAKIRI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HARAKIRI (noun)
Meaning:
Ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
hara-kiri; harakiri; harikari; suppuku
Hypernyms ("harakiri" is a kind of...):
self-annihilation; self-destruction; suicide (the act of killing yourself)
Domain region:
Japan; Nihon; Nippon (a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building)
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