自じ刎ふん

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

suicide by cutting one's throat

Rare, literary term for a specific method of suicide. In modern Japanese, more common expressions like 首を切って自殺する are used instead.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには、戦いくさに敗やぶれた武ぶ士しが自じ刎ふんしたと記しるされている。

  An old document records that a samurai defeated in battle committed suicide by cutting his throat.