hara-kiri : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hara-kiri	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for hara-kiri
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hara-kiri n ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society Synonym(s): harakiri, hara-kiri, harikari, seppuku
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hara-kiri \Ha"ra-ki`ri\, n. [Jap., stomach cutting.] 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}. --W. E. Griffis.