hari-kari

[hahr-ee-kahr-ee, har-ee-kar-ee]

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noun

hara-kiri.

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hara-kiri or hari-kari (ˌhærəˈkɪrɪ, ˌhærɪˈkɑːrɪ)

—n
	Also called: seppuku (formerly, in Japan) ritual suicide by disembowelment with a sword when disgraced or under sentence of death

[C19: from Japanese taboo slang, from hara belly + kiri cutting]

hari-kari or hari-kari

—n

[C19: from Japanese taboo slang, from hara belly + kiri cutting]

hari-kari (ˌhærɪˈkɑːrɪ)

—n
	a non-Japanese variant of hara-kiri

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