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    • Sarahundefined
      Sarah
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      Suicide, by slashing the abdomen, formerly practiced in Japan,and commanded by the government in the cases of disgraced officials;disembowelment; -- also written, but incorrectly, hari-kari. W. E.Griffis.

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        Hara-kiri meaning & definition 1 of Hara-kiri.

      • Sarahundefined
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        The traditional Japanese form of honorable suicide, also known by its Chinese equivalent, [seppuku]. It was practiced by the Japanese feudal warrior class in order to avoid falling into enemy hands. Around 1500, it became a privileged alternative to execution, granted to daimyo and [samurai] guilty of disloyalty to the emperor. The condemned man received a jeweled dagger from the emperor. He selected as his second a faithful friend, received official witnesses, and plunged the dagger into the left side of his abdomen, drew it across to the right, and made a slight cut upward; his second then beheaded him with one stroke of a sword, and the dagger was returned to the emperor. Around 1700, it became permissible to go through a semblance of disembowelment prior to beheading. Voluntary hara-kiri was resorted to after a private misfortune, out of loyalty to a dead master, or to protest the conduct of a living superior. 1
        Obligatory hara-kiri was abolished in 1868, but its voluntary form has persisted. It was performed by 40 military men in 1895 as a protest against the return of conquered territory, the Liaotung peninsula, to China; by General Nogi on the death of Emperor Meiji in 1912; and by numerous soldiers as an alternative to surrender in World War II.

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          Hara-kiri meaning & definition 2 of Hara-kiri.

        • Sarahundefined
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          A suicidal move used in Mortl Kombat Deception when you lose to the computer/friends; japanese term because Midway would be in some deep trouble if they used the english version.

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            Hara-kiri meaning & definition 3 of Hara-kiri.

          • Rihannaundefined
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            (in Japan, especially in the past) a formal way of killing yourself by cutting open your stomach with a sword

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              Hara-kiri meaning & definition 4 of Hara-kiri.

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