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ILE Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Hara-kiri

Hi,

Recently I came across this sentence "I have disgraced my familiy by committing hara-kiri." and I want to ask if the word hara-kiri is still in used in modern English?

Thanks.

Isabelle
  

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Hi, I encounter it once in a while. But I more often hear seppuku. Is my spelling right?

— Clive

  • Hi, I encounter it once in a while.
  • But I more often hear seppuku.
  • Is my spelling right?
  • Is it the same thing?
  • I assume the person in your sentence is speaking in some kind of fantasy context.
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Hi,

I encounter it once in a while. But I more often hear seppuku. Is my spelling right? Is it the same thing?

I assume the person in your sentence is speaking in some kind of fantasy context.

Clive
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Clive I encounter it once in a while. But I more often hear seppuku. Is my spelling right? Is it the same thing?
Thanks, Clive. At first I thought hari-kiri is a quite commonly used word.

Oh yes, your spelling of seppuku is absolutely correct. They mean the same thing, of course!

Both mean ritual suicide by disembowelment formerly practic
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