Meaning

Primary

Harakiri

Alternative

Ritual Suicide

Word Type

noun

Explanation

You cut your abdomen. This is what you do when you're doing harakiri, aka ritual suicide.

Reading

はらきり
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The readings come from and 切る. If you're lucky, you already know the word harakiri as it's made its way into English as well.

Context

Context Sentences

侍の腹切りをテーマにした映画は来週公開されます。

The movie based on samurai harakiri will be released next week.

Kanji Composition