also: らぎり
noun
penis removal
Historical term for the act of cutting off the penis, often associated with punishment or ritual in pre-modern Japan.
羅切は江戸時代の刑罰の一つとして知られている。
Penis removal is known as one of the punishments in the Edo period.
The term is composed of 羅 (a phonetic character used for its sound) and 切 (cut). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; it is a specialized historical term.