different between seppuku vs kamikaze

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)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (???? (kamikaze, “divine wind”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæm??k??zi/
• (emulating Japanese) IPA^(key): /k??m??k??ze?/

Noun

kamikaze (plural kamikazes)

1. An attack requiring the suicide of the one carrying it out, especially when done with an aircraft.
2. One who carries out a suicide attack, especially with an aircraft.
3. (colloquial) One who takes excessive risks, as for example in a sporting event.
4. A cocktail made of equal parts vodka, triple sec and lime juice.
5. (surfing) A deliberate wipeout.

Translations

See also

• hara-kiri
• hero
• martyr
• seppuku
• shaheed
• suicide
• suicide bomber

Verb

kamikaze (third-person singular simple present kamikazes, present participle kamikazeing, simple past and past participle kamikazed)

1. (transitive) To destroy (a ship, etc.) in a suicide attack, especially by crashing an aircraft.
2. (intransitive) To carry out a suicide attack, especially by crashing an aircraft.
3. (intransitive, slang) To fail disastrously.

Adjective

kamikaze (not comparable)

1. suicidal, risking one's own life

References

• Discussion of this term on Languagehat, a language blog

Catalan

Noun

kamikaze m (plural kamikazes)

1. kamikaze

Czech

Alternative forms

• kamikadze

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kam?kaz?]
• Rhymes: -az?

Noun

kamikaze m anim

1. kamikaze (one who makes an attack requiring his suicide, especially when done with an aircraft)

Declension

Further reading

• kamikaze in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (???? (kamikaze, “suicide flyer”, literally “divine wind”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.mi.kaz/, /ka.mi.ka.ze/

Noun

kamikaze m or f (plural kamikazes)

1. kamikaze (person carrying out a suicide attack); suicide bomber

Derived terms

• drone kamikaze

See also

• attentat-suicide

Further reading

• “kamikaze” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ??(????) (kamikaze, “divine wind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kamikaze/

Noun

kamikaze (first-person possessive kamikazeku, second-person possessive kamikazemu, third-person possessive kamikazenya)

1. the typhoons that saved Japan from invasion, divine wind
2. a kamikaze, a suicide pilot in World War Two

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (????, kamikaze, “suicide flyer”, literally “divine wind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.mi?ka.ze/, /ka.mi?kad.d?ze/
• Rhymes: -aze, -adze
• Hyphenation: ka?mi?kà?ze

Noun

kamikaze m (invariable)

1. kamikaze

See also

• attentatore

References

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

Japanese

Romanization

kamikaze

1. R?maji transcription of ????

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• camicase

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (???? (kamikaze, “suicide flyer”, literally “divine wind”)).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ka.mi.?ka.z?/
• Hyphenation: ka?mi?ka?ze

Noun

kamikaze m (plural kamikazes)

1. kamikaze

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:kamikaze.

Adjective

kamikaze m or f (plural kamikazes, comparable)

1. kamikaze

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:kamikaze.

Romanian

Etymology

From French kamikaze.

Noun

kamikaze n (uncountable)

1. kamikaze

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (???? (kamikaze, “suicide flyer”, literally “divine wind”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kami?ka?e/, [ka.mi?ka.?e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /kami?kase/, [ka.mi?ka.se]
• Rhymes: -a?e, -ase

Noun

kamikaze m (plural kamikazes)

1. kamikaze
2. ghost driver, wrong-way driver