Meaning of seppuku | Babel Free

Definitions

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.

Examples

“På grund af dette lovbrud beordrer shogunen Hangan til at begå seppuku.”

Because of this crime, the shogun commands Hangan to commit seppuku.

“... det blev ham tilladt at begå seppuku, eller harakiri, selvmord ved at stikke en kniv i underlivet.”

... he was allowed to commit seppuku, or harakiri, suicide by stabbing a knife into the part of the body consisting of the hip and the scrotum.

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