English noun: seppuku | |||
1. | seppuku (act) ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society | ||
Synonyms | hara-kiri, harakiri, harikari | ||
Broader (hypernym) | self-annihilation, self-destruction, suicide | ||
Domain region | Japan, Nihon, Nippon | ||