harakiro

Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [haraˈkiro]
• Rhymes: -iro
• Hyphenation: ha‧ra‧ki‧ro

Noun

harakiro (uncountable, accusative harakiron)

1. hara-kiri, seppuku (ritual suicide by self-disembowelment)

Hypernyms

• sinmortigo (“suicide”)