Definition of Seppuku. Meaning of Seppuku. Synonyms of Seppuku

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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...
- Harakiri (切腹, Seppuku) is a 1962 ****anese jidaigeki film directed by Masaki Kobayashi. The story takes place between 1619 and 1630 during the Edo period...
- person') is a man appointed to behead an individual who has performed seppuku, ****anese ritual suicide, at the moment of agony. The role pla**** by the...
- 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...
- cutting the jugular vein. While seppuku requires the ****istance of another samurai, jigai can be performed on the self. Seppuku is painful and slow - neither...
- Minamoto no Yo****sune, a samurai and tragic hero who was forced to commit seppuku in 1189. The Western world, never directly affected by Genghis, has viewed...
- President Miura, have signed a blood-stamped do****ent vowing to commit seppuku if they are found guilty of engaging in financial irregularities, embezzlement...
- for the decapitations of Yukio Mishima and Masakatsu Morita during their seppuku on November 25, 1970. He studied law at Kanagawa University and intended...
- free dictionary. Harakiri (or hara-kiri) most often refers to a form of seppuku (or ritual suicide), often miswritten as "harikari". Harakiri may also...
- 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...