junshin.
/ˈdʒuːnʃi/ Historical.
In Japan, suicide at the death of one's lord, self-immolation.
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1871 A. B. Mitford Tales Old Japan II. 57 The ancient Japanese custom of Junshi; that is to say ‘dying with the master’.
1904 L. Hearn Japan: Attempt at Interpr. iv. 47 With the rise of the military power there gradually came into existence another custom of junshi, or following one's lord in death,—suicide by the sword.
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