seppuku

Senso (Inglese)

A form of ritual suicide by disembowelment using a blade, practiced by Japanese samurai, especially to rid oneself of shame, as a means of protest, or, formerly, as a method of capital punishment.

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harakiri

seppuku

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seppuku

harakiri

harakiri

هَارَا كِيرِي

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Pronunciato come (IPA)
/sɛˈpuː.kuː/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

Borrowed from Japanese 切腹 (seppuku), from Middle Chinese 切 (t͡set, “to cut”) + 腹 (pjuwk, “belly”). Compare Cantonese 切腹 (cit³ fuk¹) and Mandarin 切腹 (qiēfù).

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