| 释义 |
‖ seppuku|sɛˈpuːkuː|
Also Seppuku, etc.
[Jap., colloq. pronunc. of setsu fuku, f. Chinese qiē to cut (with a sword or knife) + fù belly.]
= hara-kiri.
1871A. B. Mitford Tales Old Japan II. 193 Seppuku (hara-kiri) is the mode of suicide adopted amongst Samurai when they have no alternative but to die. 1890B. H. Chamberlain Things Japanese 141 The Japanese word harakiri, so well-known all over the world, is but little used by the Japanese themselves. The Japanese almost always prefer to employ the synonym seppuku, which they consider more elegant because it is derived from the Chinese. 1923J. Street Mysterious Japan xvi. 198 At the sound of the guns he took his short sword and committed seppuku. 1947R. Benedict Chrysanthemum & Sword x. 200 He could only come to terms with chu by killing himself according to the rules of seppuku. 1973A. Broinowski Take one Ambassador xi. 178 You would at once..kill yourself. By seppuku, slitting of the stomach. |