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Definition of seppuku

Seppuku
Seppuku Sep*pu"ku, n. Same as Hara-kiri. Seppuku, or hara-kiri, also came into vogue. --W. E. Griffis.

Meaning of seppuku from wikipedia

- Seppuku (切腹, lit. 'cutting [the] belly'), also called harakiri (腹切り, lit. 'abdomen/belly cutting', a native ****anese kun reading), is a form of ****anese...
- (****anese: 介錯人) is a person appointed to behead an individual who has performed seppuku, ****anese ritual suicide, at the moment of agony. The role pla**** by the...
- Harakiri (切腹, Seppuku, 1962) is a 1962 ****anese jidaigeki film directed by Masaki Kobayashi. The story takes place between 1619 and 1630 during the Edo...
- her hostage. Afterwards he and the rest of the household then committed seppuku and burned their mansion down. "小笠原少斎の墓" (in ****anese). Kumamoto Prefecture...
- between 1978 and 1986, producing 5 mini-albums, and one full-length album, Seppuku. Their early success is attributed to two singles, "Mannequin" in 1979...
- after their daimyō (feudal lord) Asano Naganori was compelled to perform seppuku (ritual suicide) for ****aulting a powerful court official named Kira Yoshinaka...
- The accounts of his subordinates claim that he stood up and committed seppuku after his injury or that he requested that his friend Beppu Shinsuke ****ist...
- November 1970) was a ****anese political activist who killed himself via seppuku with Yukio Mishima in Tokyo. Morita was the youngest child of the headmaster...
- Western army led by Ishida Mitsunari. She retracted from committing suicide (seppuku) because of her Catholic faith, breaking the code of conduct imposed on...
- Seppuku Paradigm is a French electronica/film music/rock duo. They are currently based in Paris, France. Their name was inspired by the self given death...