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hara-kiri

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hara-kiri /ˌharəˈkɪri/

▶noun ritual suicide by disembowelment with a sword, formerly practised in Japan by samurai as an honourable alternative to disgrace or execution.

– origin C19: colloq. Japanese, from hara ‘belly’ + kiri ‘cutting’.

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