Harakiri
Ritual Suicide
noun
You cut your abdomen. This is what you do when you're doing harakiri, aka ritual suicide.
The readings come from 腹 and 切る. If you're lucky, you already know the word harakiri as it's made its way into English as well.
大名はその下級武士に腹切りを命じた。
The feudal lord ordered the low-grade samurai to perform ritual suicide.
外国人に「腹切り」という言葉の方が広まったのは、響きにインパクトあったからかもね。
The word "harakiri" might have spread more among foreigners because the sound of it has a strong impact.
腹切りって言葉、なんだか切腹よりも生々しい感じがするよね。
The word harakiri feels somehow more visceral than seppuku, doesn’t it?
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.