different between samurai vs seppuku

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ? (samurai).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sæm(j)??a?/
• (General American) enPR: s?m??-r?', IPA^(key): /?sæm???a?/
• Rhymes: -æm??a?, -æm??a?, -æmj??a?, -æmj??a?

Noun

samurai (plural samurai or samurais)

1. In feudal Japan, a soldier who served a daimyo.

Related terms

• ronin

Translations

Anagrams

• Masuria

Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese ? (samurai).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?mur?i?/, [?s??mur?i?]
• Rhymes: -?mur?i
• Syllabification: sa?mu?rai

Noun

samurai

1. samurai

Declension

Anagrams

• saumari

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?(????) (samurai).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.mu.rai/
• Hyphenation: sa?mu?rai

Noun

samurai (first-person possessive samuraiku, second-person possessive samuraimu, third-person possessive samurainya)

1. samurai.
2. (proscribed, colloquial) katana

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ? (????, samurai, archaic ????, saburai), ??? (ren'y?kei, stem or continuative form) of the classical verb ?? (saburafu, “to serve”), ultimately derived from ? (sa-, prefix meaning "early") + ??? (morafu, “to keep watch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.mu?ra.i/, [s?ämu?r?ä?i], [s?ämu?r?äi?]
• Hyphenation: sa?mu?rài

Noun

samurai m (invariable)

1. (historical) samurai (feudal Japanese warrior)

References

• samurai in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Japanese

Romanization

samurai

1. R?maji transcription of ????

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ? (samurai).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?s?.mu.??aj/, /?sa.mu.??aj/

Noun

samurai m (plural samurais)

1. (military, historical) samurai (feudal Japanese warrior)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:samurai.

Romanian

Etymology

From French samouraï.

Noun

samurai m (plural samurai)

1. samurai

Declension

Spanish

Noun

samurai

1. Misspelling of samurái.

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)