seppuku

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

seppuku
    n 1: ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced
         by samurai in the traditional Japanese society [syn:
         {harakiri}, {hara-kiri}, {harikari}, {seppuku}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Seppuku \Sep*pu"ku\, n.
   Same as {Hara-kiri}.
   [1913 Webster]

         Seppuku, or hara-kiri, also came into vogue. --W. E.
                                                  Griffis.
   [1913 Webster]

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