# hara-kiri
## English
### Alternative forms

* harakiri
* hari-kari (nonstandard)
* harikari (nonstandard)
* harikiri

### Etymology

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

### Noun

hara-kiri (uncountable)
* Ceremonial suicide by disembowelment, as by slicing open the abdomen with a dagger or knife: formerly practised in Japan by the samurai when disgraced or sentenced to death.
** 1899, William George Aston, A History of Japanese Literature, page 231:On the downfall of his power in 1867 he was urged by one of his Council to save the honour of his family by a voluntary suicide. He flatly refused to do so and left the room, whereupon his faithful adviser retired to another part of the castle and solemnly performed the hara-kiri.
* Suicide or any suicidal action.
** 2020 January 12, Drachinifel, 47:56 from the start, in The Drydock - Episode 076‎, archived from the original on 26 September 2022:...the report that was issued at the time officially blamed a disgruntled crewman who had been accused of theft and may have decided to do the ultimate hara-kiri, but quite how you prove that I don't know...
* (by extension, figuratively) An act against one's own interests.
** 1982–1983, Paul Johnson, Modern Times: The World from the Twenties to the Eighties, revised and printed as […] to the Nineties, HarperCollins (2001), →ISBN, page 393:
    Regarded logically, therefore, Japan’s decision to go to war made no sense. It was hara-kiri.
** 1987, The Economist‎, volume 304, numbers 7505-7513, page 1:They are haunted by the spectre of the 1984 election, when Mr Walter Mondale committed hara-kiri by acknowledging the need to raise taxes if America were to get its economy straight.
** 2008 April 5, Anurag Prasad, “Virgin Territory”, in Outlook Business, volume 3, number 7, page 50:But with GSM players lobbying hard for more spectrum, taking MVNOs on board now would be hara-kiri.

#### Synonyms

* (ceremonial suicide by ripping open the abdomen): seppuku

#### Translations
### See also

* bushido
* kamikaze
* seppuku
* suicide

### Anagrams

* hari-kari, harikari

## Dutch
### Noun

hara-kiri m (plural hara-kiri's)
* Archaic spelling of harakiri.

## French
### Alternative forms

* harakiri (post-1990 spelling)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.ʁa.ki.ʁi/
* Rhymes: -i
* Homophones: harakiri, harakiris, hara-kiris

### Noun

hara-kiri m (plural hara-kiris)
* hara-kiri (suicide by ripping open the stomach)

#### See also

* éventrement
* éventrer

### Further reading

* “hara-kiri”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌa.ɾɐ.kiˈɾi/
* Hyphenation: ha‧ra‧ki‧ri

### Noun

hara-kiri m (plural hara-kiris)
* Alternative spelling of haraquiri

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* harakiri

### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 腹切(はらき)り (harakiri).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˌhaɾa ˈkiɾi/ [ˌhaː.ɾɐ ˈkiː.ɾɪ]
* Rhymes: -iɾi
* Syllabification: ha‧ra-ki‧ri

### Noun

hara-kiri (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜇᜃᜒᜇᜒ)
* hara-kiri
    Synonym: seppuku

### Further reading

* “hara-kiri”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “hara-kiri”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018