腹はら切きり

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

harakiri; seppuku; ritual suicide by disembowelment

Refers to the act of ritual suicide by cutting the abdomen, historically practiced by samurai. The term 切腹 (seppuku) is more formal; 腹切り is the colloquial Japanese term, often used in English as 'harakiri'.

See also: 切腹

• 侍さむらいは腹はら切きりを命めいじられた。

  The samurai was ordered to commit harakiri.