介かい錯しゃく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

beheading (as part of seppuku)

Refers specifically to the act of cutting off the head of a person performing seppuku, either to end their suffering or as a formal part of the ritual. Historical term; not used in modern contexts.

• 介かい錯しゃく人にんは切せっ腹ぷくする者ものの首くびを斬きる役やく目めを負おっていた。

  The kaishakunin was responsible for beheading the person committing seppuku.

• 彼かれは主しゅ君くんの介かい錯しゃくを務つとめたと伝つたえられている。

  It is said that he served as his lord's second in the ritual suicide.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

assistance; help

Archaic general meaning of aid or help. Rarely used in modern Japanese; the primary meaning is the historical beheading sense.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには「介かい錯しゃくを請こう」といった表ひょう現げんが見みられる。

  In old documents, expressions like 'to ask for assistance' can be found.