刎ふん死し

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

decapitating oneself; self-beheading

Rare, historical term for the act of cutting off one's own head, typically as a form of ritual suicide or extreme self-sacrifice. Not used in modern everyday language; more common terms for suicide are 自殺 or 切腹.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんに、武ぶ士しが刎ふん死ししたという記き述じゅつがある。

  In old documents, there is a description of a warrior decapitating himself.

• 「刎ふん死し」は現げん代だいではほとんど使つかわれない言こと葉ばだ。

  '刎死' is a word that is hardly used in modern times.