Assertion: samurai | /r/CapableOf | commit ritual suicide
Facets:
value: by disembowelment
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: However, if that was not possible, or if he felt too strong a personal loyalty to his late lord to transfer his allegiance, the samurai was expected to commit ritual suicide or seppuku.
text: if caught in a dirty deed a samurai would commit ritual suicide to peserve his personal honor.
text: The practice of seppuku, which was heavily influenced by Confucianism, held that if a samurai brings dishonor to himself, his family, or his lord in any way, then he must commit ritual suicide by disembowelment.