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 | ||