Definition of Seppuku. Meaning of Seppuku. Synonyms of Seppuku

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Definition of Seppuku

Seppuku
Seppuku Sep*pu"ku, n. Same as Hara-kiri. Seppuku, or hara-kiri, also came into vogue. --W. E. Griffis.

Meaning of Seppuku from wikipedia

- Seppuku (切腹, lit. 'cutting [the] belly'), also called harakiri (腹切り, lit. 'abdomen/belly cutting', a native ****anese kun reading), is a form of ****anese...
- Harakiri (切腹, Seppuku) is a 1962 ****anese jidaigeki film directed by Masaki Kobayashi. The story takes place between 1619 and 1630 during the Edo period...
- person') is a man appointed to behead an individual who has performed seppuku, ****anese ritual suicide, at the moment of agony. The role pla**** by the...
- Minamoto no Yo****sune, a samurai and tragic hero who was forced to commit seppuku in 1189. The Western world, never directly affected by Genghis, has viewed...
- The accounts of his subordinates claim that he stood up and committed seppuku after his injury or that he requested that his friend Beppu Shinsuke ****ist...
- Seppuku Paradigm is a French electronica/film music/rock duo. They are currently based in Paris, France. Their name was inspired by the self given death...
- after their daimyō (feudal lord) Asano Naganori was compelled to perform seppuku (ritual suicide) for ****aulting a powerful court official (kōke) named...
- cutting the jugular vein. While seppuku requires the ****istance of another samurai, jigai can be performed on the self. Seppuku is painful and slow - neither...
- her hostage. Afterwards he and the rest of the household then committed seppuku and burned their mansion down. "小笠原少斎の墓" (in ****anese). Kumamoto Prefecture...
- Mayrhofen Ski Zillertal 3000. It is named after the ****anese vulgar term for seppuku, ritual suicide by samurai. With incline of up to 78% (38 degrees), vertical...