Look up: seppuku


  1. seppuku
    Japanese ritual suicide, popularly known as hara-kiri. ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  2. Seppuku
    Sep·pu'ku noun Same as Hara-kiri . « Seppuku , or hara-kiri, also came into vogue.» W. E. Griffis.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/69

  3. Seppuku
    • (n.) Same as Hara-kiri.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/seppuku/

  4. seppuku
    (`belly-cutting`), the honourable method of taking one`s own life practiced by men of the samurai (military) class in feudal Japan. The word ... [3 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/66

  5. seppuku
    seppuku: see hara-kiri.
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0918593.html

  6. seppuku
    either voluntary (to expiate serious failure) or obligatory suicide (instead of execution) to regain one's honor in death. A privilege reserved for the samurai class. Commonly referred to as hara-kiri.
    Found op http://www.country-data.com/frd/cs/japan/jp_glos.html

  7. SEPPUKU
    The ritual act of taking one's own life by using a Hara-Kiri cut to slice one's stomach open from left to right, then finishing with an upward turn. Usually accompanied by a Kaishuken, or Second, who would behead the man after to relieve suffering or if he should falter, to save honor. Usually perfo...
    Found op http://www.samuraisword.com/glossary/index.htm

  8. Seppuku
    ==Vocabulary and etymology== Seppuku is also known as harakiri (腹切り, "cutting the belly"), a term more widely familiar outside Japan, and which is written with the same kanji as seppuku, but in reverse order with an okurigana. In Japanese, the more formal seppuku, a Chinese on`yomi reading, i...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seppuku

  9. seppuku
    1) Final act for some samurais
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/seppuku/1

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