Original: Cultural In the Warring States Period and the Edo period of Japan , samurai who disgraced their honor chose to end their own lives by seppuku , a method in which the samurai takes a sword and slices into his abdomen , causing a fatal injury .
Simplified: Cultural In the Warring States Period and the Edo period of Japan , samurai who disgraced their honour chose to end their own lives by harakiri ( hara means stomach and kiri means cut ) or seppuku .