切腹

せっぷく

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive seppuku; harakiri (i.e.: ritual suicide by disembowelment)
2. seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

Kanji

• 切 earnest. Read as セツ.
• 腹 belly. Read as フク.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists