seppuku

Borrowed from Japanese 切腹 (seppuku), from Middle Chinese 切 (t͡set, “to cut”) +‎ 腹 (pjuwk, “belly”). Compare Cantonese 切腹 (tsit-fuk) and Mandarin 切腹 (qiēfù).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sɛˈpuːkuː/
• (General American) enPR: sĕpʹo͞o-ko͞o('), sĕpʹə-, sĕ-po͞oʹ-, sə-po͞oʹ-, IPA^(key): /ˈsɛpu(ˌ)ku/, /ˈsɛpə-/, /sɛˈpu-/, /səˈpu-/
• Hyphenation: sep‧pu‧ku

seppuku (countable and uncountable, plural seppukus or seppuku)

1. A form of ritual suicide by disembowelment using a blade, practiced by Japanese samurai, especially to rid oneself of shame, as a means of protest or, formerly, as a method of capital punishment.

• As with suicide, the usual verb used with seppuku is commit.

• hara-kiri

• bushido
• hara-kiri
• kamikaze
• suicide

• pukes up

Borrowed from Japanese 切腹.

seppuku

1. seppuku
   • 1997, Erik Østerud, Den Optiske Fordring: Pejlinger I Den Visuelle Kultur Omkring Henrik Ibsens Forfatterskab

     På grund af dette lovbrud beordrer shogunen Hangan til at begå seppuku.

     Because of this crime, the shogun commands Hangan to commit seppuku.

   • 1967, K. Holst Andersen, Mit hus i Japan

     ... det blev ham tilladt at begå seppuku, eller harakiri, selvmord ved at stikke en kniv i underlivet.

     ... he was allowed to commit seppuku, or harakiri, suicide by stabbing a knife into the part of the body consisting of the hip and the scrotum.

No declined forms attested.

• harakiri

• seppoekoe (rare)

Borrowing from Japanese 切腹.

• IPA^(key): /sɛˈpu.ku/
• Hyphenation: sep‧pu‧ku
• Rhymes: -uku

seppuku m (uncountable)

1. seppuku

   Synonym: harakiri

seppuku

1. Rōmaji transcription of せっぷく

From Japanese 切腹 (せっぷく (seppuku)).

• IPA^(key): /sɛpˈpu.ku/

seppuku n

1. seppuku

Indeclinable.

• seppuku in Polish dictionaries at PWN

seppuku m (plural seppukus)

1. seppuku (ritual Japanese suicide by disembowelment)