(i. Japonca). Japonlar’da karnını bıçakla deşmek suretiyle intihar.

hara-kiri.

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. ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced b

ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by warriors in the traditional Japanese society.

(i.) harakiri .