Hara-kiri

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun 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.

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A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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