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hari-kari

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ha⋅ri-ka⋅ri

  [hahr-ee-kahr-ee, har-ee-kar-ee]
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–noun
hara-kiri.

ha⋅ra-ki⋅ri

  [hahr-uh-keer-ee, har-uh-, har-ee-]
–noun
1. Also called seppuku. ceremonial suicide by ripping open the abdomen with a dagger or knife: formerly practiced in Japan by members of the warrior class when disgraced or sentenced to death.
2. suicide or any suicidal action; a self-destructive act: political hara-kiri.
Also, hari-kari.

Origin:
1855–60; < Japn, equiv. to hara belly (earlier fara < *para) + kiri cut
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ha·ra-ki·ri   (hār'ĭ-kîr'ē, hä'rē-)   
n.   pl. ha·ra-ki·ris also ha·ri-ka·ris
See seppuku.

[Japanese harakiri : hara, abdomen, bowels + kiri, to cut.]
ha·ri-ka·ri   (här'ē-kär'ē, hār'ē-kār'ē)   
n.  Variant of hara-kiri.
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hara-kiri [(har-i-keer-ee, hahr-uh-keer-ee)]

A ritual of suicide, associated with warriors in traditional Japanese society.

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Word Origin & History

hara-kiri 
"suicide by disembowelment," 1856, from Japanese, "belly-cutting," the colloquial word for what is formally called seppuku "cut open the stomach," from hara "belly" + kiri "to cut."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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