harakiri

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See also: Harakiri and hara-kiri

English

Noun

harakiri (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of hara-kiri

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 腹切.

Noun

harakiri

  1. hara-kiri
    • 1891, Niels Juel-Hansen, Japanesere: fortaelling for ungdommen:
      Enhver fornem Japaneser vokser op med Dødstanken, med Tanken om Harakirien, for at han, om Skæbnen vil det, kan dø roligt, værdigt, dø som en Mand.
      Any high-class Japanese grows up with the thought of death, with the thought of harakiri, that he, if fate wills it, may die calmly, dignifiedly, die as a man.
    • 1985, Per Højholt, Kvababbelser:
      Og jeg taler videre / nu i munden på en mund i min / min paniks suveræne Mills Brothers / helt hinsides mening og orden, hængende i / harakiriens / pedantiske syntaks, ...
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Synonyms

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 腹切.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɦaː.raːˈki.ri/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ha‧ra‧ki‧ri

Noun

harakiri m (plural harakiri's)

  1. hara-kiri
    Synonym: seppuku

Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese 腹切り.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑrɑkiri/,
  • Rhymes: -iri
  • Hyphenation(key): ha‧ra‧ki‧ri

Noun

harakiri

  1. hara-kiri, seppuku

Declension

Inflection of harakiri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative harakiri harakirit
genitive harakirin harakirien
partitive harakiria harakireja
illative harakiriin harakireihin
singular plural
nominative harakiri harakirit
accusative nom. harakiri harakirit
gen. harakirin
genitive harakirin harakirien
partitive harakiria harakireja
inessive harakirissa harakireissa
elative harakirista harakireista
illative harakiriin harakireihin
adessive harakirilla harakireilla
ablative harakirilta harakireilta
allative harakirille harakireille
essive harakirina harakireina
translative harakiriksi harakireiksi
abessive harakiritta harakireitta
instructive harakirein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of harakiri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative harakirini harakirini
accusative nom. harakirini harakirini
gen. harakirini
genitive harakirini harakirieni
partitive harakiriani harakirejani
inessive harakirissani harakireissani
elative harakiristani harakireistani
illative harakiriini harakireihini
adessive harakirillani harakireillani
ablative harakiriltani harakireiltani
allative harakirilleni harakireilleni
essive harakirinani harakireinani
translative harakirikseni harakireikseni
abessive harakirittani harakireittani
instructive
comitative harakireineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative harakirisi harakirisi
accusative nom. harakirisi harakirisi
gen. harakirisi
genitive harakirisi harakiriesi
partitive harakiriasi harakirejasi
inessive harakirissasi harakireissasi
elative harakiristasi harakireistasi
illative harakiriisi harakireihisi
adessive harakirillasi harakireillasi
ablative harakiriltasi harakireiltasi
allative harakirillesi harakireillesi
essive harakirinasi harakireinasi
translative harakiriksesi harakireiksesi
abessive harakirittasi harakireittasi
instructive
comitative harakireinesi

Further reading

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Etymology

From Japanese 腹切(はらき) (harakiri), ultimately from (hara, belly) + 切る (kiru, to cut).

Noun

harakiri (uncountable)

  1. hara-kiri: 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.

See also

Japanese

Romanization

harakiri

  1. Rōmaji transcription of はらきり

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 腹切り.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xa.raˈki.ri/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iri
  • Syllabification: ha‧ra‧ki‧ri

Noun

harakiri n (indeclinable)

  1. hara-kiri, seppuku (ceremonial suicide by ripping open the abdomen)
    Synonym: seppuku

Further reading

  • harakiri in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • harakiri in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

harakiri m (plural harakiris)

  1. Alternative spelling of haraquiri

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:harakiri.

Spanish

Noun

harakiri m (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of haraquiri

Further reading

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Etymology

From Japanese 腹切り.

Noun

harakiri c

  1. hara-kiri
    begå harakiri
    commit harakiri

Declension

Declension of harakiri
nominative genitive
singular indefinite harakiri harakiris
definite harakirin harakirins
plural indefinite
definite

See also

References

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Noun

hárakíri (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜇᜃᜒᜇᜒ)

  1. Alternative spelling of hara-kiri