hara-kiri

Senso (Inglese)

  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.

Traduzioni

seppuku

هَارَا كِيرِي

αυτοκτονία

harakiri

Selbstvernichtung

Selbstentleibung

αυτοχειρία

Frequenza

39k
Etimologia (Inglese)

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

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