切腹(せっぷく)seppuku, harakiri, ritual suicide by disembowelment, , seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

Common

1. Noun, する-verb

   1. 1.

      seppuku, harakiri, ritual suicide by disembowelment

   2. 2.

      seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

      Historical term