hara-kiri
Example Sentences
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"We cannot commit hara-kiri with the hope of hurting Russia"
From Reuters • Apr. 20, 2022
Campaign strategists largely regard unprompted confessionals as a pointless form of political hara-kiri.
From Washington Post • Oct. 19, 2018
The historical basis lies in events at the beginning of that century, when a lord, Asano, was ordered to commit hara-kiri after a conflict with another lord, Kira.
From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2013
Some said it could have been "a little bit of professional hara-kiri," he said.
From BBC • Oct. 21, 2013
Undoubtedly, therefore, in the minds of most Japanese, there are many instances of hara-kiri which should not be classed as suicide, but technically as execution of judicial sentence.
From The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by Griffis, William Elliot
