different between harakiri vs seppuku

English

Noun

harakiri (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of hara-kiri

Anagrams

• hari-kari, harikari

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ??.

Noun

harakiri

1. hara-kiri
   • 1891, Niels Juel-Hansen, Japanesere: fortaelling for ungdommen

     Enhver fornem Japaneser vokser op med Dødstanken, med Tanken om Harakirien, for at han, om Skæbnen vil det, kan dø roligt, værdigt, dø som en Mand.

     Any high-class Japanese grows up with the thought of death, with the thought of harakiri, that he, if fate wills it, may die calmly, dignifiedly, die as a man.

   • 1985, Per Højholt, Kvababbelser

     Og jeg taler videre / nu i munden på en mund i min / min paniks suveræne Mills Brothers / helt hinsides mening og orden, hængende i / harakiriens / pedantiske syntaks, ...

Declension

Synonyms

• seppuku

Dutch

Alternative forms

• hara-kiri (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ??.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?.ra??ki.ri/
• Hyphenation: ha?ra?ki?ri

Noun

harakiri m (plural harakiri's)

1. hara-kiri [from mid 19th c.]

   Synonym: seppuku

Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese ???.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?r?kiri/, [?h?r??kiri]
• Rhymes: -iri
• Syllabification: ha?ra?ki?ri

Noun

harakiri

1. hara-kiri, seppuku

Declension

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowing from Japanese ??? (harakiri), ultimately from ? (hara, “belly”) + ?? (kiru, “to cut”).

Noun

harakiri (first-person possessive harakiriku, second-person possessive harakirimu, third-person possessive harakirinya)

1. Ceremonial suicide by disembowelment, as by slicing open the abdomen with a dagger or knife: formerly practised in Japan by the Samurai when disgraced or sentenced to death.

See also

• bushido
• kamikaze

Japanese

Romanization

harakiri

1. R?maji transcription of ????

Polish

Etymology

From Japanese ???.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xa.ra?k?i.r?i/

Noun

harakiri n

1. hara-kiri

Declension

Indeclinable.

Further reading

• harakiri in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

harakiri m (plural harakiris)

1. Alternative spelling of haraquiri

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:harakiri.

Spanish

Noun

harakiri m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of haraquiri

Swedish

Etymology

From Japanese ???.

Noun

harakiri c or n

1. hara-kiri

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ??.

Noun

harakiri

1. hara-kiri

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (seppuku), from Middle Chinese ? (t?set, “to cut”) +? ? (pjuwk, “belly”). Compare Cantonese ?? (tsit-fuk) and Mandarin ?? (qi?fù).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s??pu?ku?/
• (General American) enPR: s?p?o?o-ko?o('), s?p??-, s?-po?o?-, s?-po?o?-, IPA^(key): /?s?pu(?)ku/, /?s?p?-/, /s??pu-/, /s??pu-/
• Hyphenation: sep?pu?ku

Noun

seppuku (countable and uncountable, plural seppukus or seppuku)

1. 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.

Usage notes

• As with suicide, the usual verb used with seppuku is commit.

Synonyms

• hara-kiri

Translations

See also

• bushido
• hara-kiri
• kamikaze
• suicide

Anagrams

• pukes up

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ??.

Noun

seppuku

1. seppuku
   • 1997, Erik Østerud, Den Optiske Fordring: Pejlinger I Den Visuelle Kultur Omkring Henrik Ibsens Forfatterskab

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

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

   • 1967, K. Holst Andersen, Mit hus i Japan

     ... 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.

Declension

No declined forms attested.

Synonyms

• harakiri

Dutch

Alternative forms

• seppoekoe (rare)

Etymology

Borrowing from Japanese ??.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??pu.ku/
• Hyphenation: sep?pu?ku
• Rhymes: -uku

Noun

seppuku m (uncountable)

1. seppuku

   Synonym: harakiri

Japanese

Romanization

seppuku

1. R?maji transcription of ????

Polish

Etymology

From Japanese ?? (???? (seppuku)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?p?pu.ku/

Noun

seppuku n

1. seppuku

Declension

Indeclinable.

Further reading

• seppuku in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

seppuku m (plural seppukus)

1. seppuku (ritual Japanese suicide by disembowelment)