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Definition of hara-kiri in English: hara-kirinoun ˌharəˈkɪri mass nounRitual suicide by disembowelment with a sword, formerly practised in Japan by samurai as an honourable alternative to disgrace or execution. Example sentencesExamples - Now the question could well be, ‘Do you want me to commit hara-kiri?’
- A frequent reason for committing hara-kiri was in a lost battle to avoid the disgrace of falling into the hands of an enemy.
- I had in my mind the spectacle of Okinawa island, where many thousands of Japanese, rather than surrender, had drawn up in line and destroyed themselves by hand-grenades after their leaders had solemnly performed the rite of hara-kiri.
- He would probably have been compelled to commit punk hara-kiri by impaling himself on a winklepicker.
- ‘A samurai apologises for his sins by performing hara-kiri,’ Mr Nambu told the Japan Times.
- Disgrace and defeat were atoned by committing hara-kiri or seppuku.
- The day after the surrender, he committed hara-kiri or suicide.
- Goaded by Kira, Asana draws his sword inside the Shogun's castle, an act prohibited by law, and is forced to commit hara-kiri, leaving his family and samurai retainers dishonored.
- Yet every time Tariana Turia tried it, the worm all but committed hara-kiri.
- After earnest consideration, the ronin were ordered to commit hara-kiri.
- Nagase said he had also hoped to meet an elderly female resident in the area who had reportedly said her wartime lover, a Japanese soldier, had committed hara-kiri there.
- This man, a superior samurai named Yogo Zenemon, has been ordered by the lord, for his own reasons, to commit hara-kiri, or ritualistic suicide by disembowelment.
- When Pinkerton finally reappears, bringing his American wife with him, Butterfly bids a desperate farewell to her boy before retiring behind a screen to commit hara-kiri.
- He even pledged he would commit hara-kiri if he could not offer evidence of this five days before polling day.
- After failing to launch a right-wing military coup in 1970, he committed hara-kiri, ritually disembowelling himself before being decapitated by an assistant.
- Alejandro Ferretis plays a middle-aged painter who has retired to a secluded and primitive village to commit suicide (this hara-kiri is perhaps a key to the enigmatic title).
- In the final, disarmingly quiet scene of The Sun, the emperor is informed that the young sound technician who recorded his speech of renunciation has committed hara-kiri.
- The Japanese commander, Saito, committed hara-kiri and left his troops without leadership.
- But hopefully with my advice you won't be reduced to returning home in a depressed state and committing hara-kiri in your bathtub.
- He was recovering his health after a hara-kiri attempt.
Synonyms self-destruction, taking one's own life, self-murder, self-slaughter, felo de se
Origin Mid 19th century: colloquial Japanese, from hara 'belly' + kiri 'cutting'. Definition of hara-kiri in US English: hara-kirinoun Ritual suicide by disembowelment with a sword, formerly practiced in Japan by samurai as an honorable alternative to disgrace or execution. Example sentencesExamples - ‘A samurai apologises for his sins by performing hara-kiri,’ Mr Nambu told the Japan Times.
- I had in my mind the spectacle of Okinawa island, where many thousands of Japanese, rather than surrender, had drawn up in line and destroyed themselves by hand-grenades after their leaders had solemnly performed the rite of hara-kiri.
- But hopefully with my advice you won't be reduced to returning home in a depressed state and committing hara-kiri in your bathtub.
- He even pledged he would commit hara-kiri if he could not offer evidence of this five days before polling day.
- After failing to launch a right-wing military coup in 1970, he committed hara-kiri, ritually disembowelling himself before being decapitated by an assistant.
- A frequent reason for committing hara-kiri was in a lost battle to avoid the disgrace of falling into the hands of an enemy.
- Nagase said he had also hoped to meet an elderly female resident in the area who had reportedly said her wartime lover, a Japanese soldier, had committed hara-kiri there.
- This man, a superior samurai named Yogo Zenemon, has been ordered by the lord, for his own reasons, to commit hara-kiri, or ritualistic suicide by disembowelment.
- The Japanese commander, Saito, committed hara-kiri and left his troops without leadership.
- In the final, disarmingly quiet scene of The Sun, the emperor is informed that the young sound technician who recorded his speech of renunciation has committed hara-kiri.
- He was recovering his health after a hara-kiri attempt.
- He would probably have been compelled to commit punk hara-kiri by impaling himself on a winklepicker.
- When Pinkerton finally reappears, bringing his American wife with him, Butterfly bids a desperate farewell to her boy before retiring behind a screen to commit hara-kiri.
- Alejandro Ferretis plays a middle-aged painter who has retired to a secluded and primitive village to commit suicide (this hara-kiri is perhaps a key to the enigmatic title).
- Disgrace and defeat were atoned by committing hara-kiri or seppuku.
- Goaded by Kira, Asana draws his sword inside the Shogun's castle, an act prohibited by law, and is forced to commit hara-kiri, leaving his family and samurai retainers dishonored.
- After earnest consideration, the ronin were ordered to commit hara-kiri.
- The day after the surrender, he committed hara-kiri or suicide.
- Now the question could well be, ‘Do you want me to commit hara-kiri?’
- Yet every time Tariana Turia tried it, the worm all but committed hara-kiri.
Synonyms self-destruction, taking one's own life, self-murder, self-slaughter, felo de se
Origin Mid 19th century: colloquial Japanese, from hara ‘belly’ + kiri ‘cutting’. |