切腹

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Chinese

close to; to cut; to slice abdomen; stomach; belly
trad. (切腹)
simp. #(切腹)
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Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 切腹(せっぷく) (seppuku).

Pronunciation


Verb

切⫽腹 (verb-object) (intransitive)

  1. to commit ritualized self-disembowelment; to commit ritualized suicide; to commit harakiri; to commit seppuku

Japanese

Kanji in this term
せつ > せっ
Grade: 2
ふく > ぷく
Grade: 6
on'yomi
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Etymology

(setsu, to cut) +‎ (fuku, belly)

Pronunciation

Noun

(せっ)(ぷく) (seppuku

  1. seppuku (ritual suicide by disembowelment)
    Synonym: 腹切り (harakiri)
    • 2004 September 8, Hideaki Sorachi, “(だい)(じゅう)(なな)(くん) ()ってなくても()ったふりして(じょう)()のヅラ() [Lesson 17: Even If You’re Not Drunk, Pretend to Be, and Snatch Your Boss’s Toupée]”, in (ぎん)(たま) [Silver Soul], volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      いけェェ (きょく)(ちょう)ォ‼
      Ikēe Kyokuchōo‼
      Gooo, Captain!
      ()ねェ (ふく)(ちょう)
      Shinē Fukuchō‼
      Dieee, Vice-Captain!
      (だれ)(いま)()ねっつったの‼(せっ)(ぷく)だコラァ‼
      Dare da ima shinettsutta no‼ Seppuku da korā‼
      Who said die!? Seppuku, now!

Descendants

  • Chinese: 切腹 (qiēfù)
  • Danish: seppuku
  • English: seppuku
  • Polish: seppuku
  • Portuguese: seppuku
  • Russian: сэппуку (sɛppuku)

Verb

(せっ)(ぷく)する (seppuku surusuru (stem (せっ)(ぷく) (seppuku shi), past (せっ)(ぷく)した (seppuku shita))

  1. to commit seppuku

Conjugation

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References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.