hara-kiri

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (uncountable) Ceremonial suicide by disembowelment, as by slicing open the abdomen with a dagger or knife: formerly practised in Japan by the samurai when disgraced or sentenced to death.
2. (uncountable) Suicide or any suicidal action.
3. (broadly, figuratively, uncountable) An act against one's own interests.

Sinonieme

seppuku

harikari

harakiri

hari-kari

suicide

self-slaughter

Dutch act

Vertalings

Harakiri

hara-kiri

carachiri

seppuku

Freitod

αυτοκτονία

هَارَا كِيرِي

Suizid

harakiri

Selbstzerstörung

Selbsttötung

Selbstentleibung

Selbstvernichtung

αυτοχειρία

Selbstmord

Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Japanese 腹切り (harakiri), ultimately from 腹 (hara, “belly”) + 切る (kiru, “to cut”).