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自刃 (じじん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

自じ刃じん

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Meanings

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

suicide by the sword; self-disembowelment

Formal or historical term for taking one's own life with a blade, often associated with samurai ritual suicide (seppuku).

敗はい軍ぐんの将しょうは自じ刃じんして果はてた。
The defeated general died by his own sword.
彼かれは責せき任にんを取とって自じ刃じんしたと

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It is said that he took responsibility and committed suicide by the sword.

Kanji

自oneself
刃blade, sword, edge

Similar words

切せっ腹ぷく
切腹 specifically refers to the formal ritual of disembowelment, while 自刃 is a broader term for suicide by blade, not necessarily ritual.
自じ殺さつ
自殺 is the general term for suicide by any method; 自刃 is limited to blade-related suicide and carries a historical or literary tone.

Etymology

Compound of 自 (self) and 刃 (blade), literally 'self-blade'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term has been used in classical and historical texts to denote suicide by one's own sword.