harakiro

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 腹切り (harakiri), from 腹 (hara, “belly”) + 切る (kiru, “to cut”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haraˈkiro/
  • Rhymes: -iro
  • Hyphenation: ha‧ra‧ki‧ro

Noun

harakiro (uncountable, accusative harakiron)

  1. hara-kiri, seppuku (ritual suicide by self-disembowelment)

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