hara-kiri

== English == === Alternative forms === harakiri hari-kari (nonstandard) harikari (nonstandard) harikiri === Etymology === Borrowed from Japanese 腹切り (harakiri), ultimately from 腹 (hara, “belly”) +‎ 切る (kiru, “to cut”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌhæɹəˈkɪɹi/, /ˌhɑɹəˈkɪɹi/; (widespread but nonstandard) /ˌhæɹiˈkæɹi/, /ˌhɛɹiˈkɛɹi/ === Noun === hara-kiri (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. Suicide or any suicidal action. (by extension, figuratively) An act against one's own interests. 1982–1983, Paul Johnson, Modern Times: The World from the Twenties to the Eighties,[2] revised and printed as […] to the Nineties, HarperCollins (2001), →ISBN, page 393: Regarded logically, therefore, Japan’s decision to go to war made no sense. It was hara-kiri. ==== Synonyms ==== (ceremonial suicide by ripping open the abdomen): seppuku ==== Translations ==== === See also === bushido kamikaze seppuku suicide === Anagrams === hari-kari, harikari == Dutch == === Noun === hara-kiri m (plural hara-kiri's, no diminutive) archaic spelling of harakiri == French == === Alternative forms === harakiri (post-1990 spelling) === Etymology === Borrowed from Japanese 腹切り (harakiri), ultimately from 腹 (hara, “belly”) +‎ 切る (kiru, “to cut”). === Pronunciation === (aspirated h) IPA(key): /a.ʁa.ki.ʁi/ Rhymes: -i Homophones: harakiri, harakiris, hara-kiris === Noun === hara-kiri m (plural hara-kiris) hara-kiri (suicide by ripping open the stomach) ==== See also ==== éventrement éventrer === Further reading === “hara-kiri”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ha‧ra‧ki‧ri === Noun === hara-kiri m (plural hara-kiris) alternative spelling of haraquiri == Tagalog == === Alternative forms === harakiri === Etymology === Borrowed from Japanese 腹切(はらき)り (harakiri). === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌhaɾa ˈkiɾi/ [ˌhaː.ɾɐ ˈkiː.ɾɪ] Rhymes: -iɾi Syllabification: ha‧ra-ki‧ri === Noun === hara-kiri (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜇᜃᜒᜇᜒ) hara-kiri Synonym: seppuku === Further reading === “hara-kiri”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “hara-kiri”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018