| Webster's Online Dictionary |
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| Noun | 1. Ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society.[Wordnet] 2. Suicide, by slashing the abdomen, formerly practiced in Japan, and commanded by the government in the cases of disgraced officials; disembowelment; -- also written, but incorrectly, hari-kari.[Websters]. | |
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Sources: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
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Date "Hara-kiri" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
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Etymology:Hara-kiri \Ha"ra-ki`ri\, noun. [Japanese, stomach cutting.]. (references) |
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| Hara-Kiri (magazine) | In 1960, Georges Bernier, Cavanna and Fred Aristidès created the satirical journal Hara-Kiri. (references) | ||
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