English Dictionary

hara-kiri

名詞

不可算名詞 広義 比喩的用法

Ceremonial suicide by disembowelment, as by slicing open the abdomen with a dagger or knife: formerly practised in Japan by the Samurai when disgraced or sentenced to death.

日本語の意味

儀式的腹切り：腹部を切開する方法で自ら命を絶つ行為。特に、侍が不名誉や死刑に直面した際に行われた自殺形式を指す。

After the scandal, some historians argued that hara-kiri, though brutal, was intended as a ritual to restore a samurai's honor.

そのスキャンダルの後、一部の歴史家は、切腹が残酷であったものの、侍の名誉を回復するための儀式として意図されていたと主張した。

意味（1）

Ceremonial suicide by disembowelment, as by slicing open the abdomen with a dagger or knife: formerly practised in Japan by the Samurai when disgraced or sentenced to death.

On the downfall of his power in 1867 he was urged by one of his Council to save the honour of his family by a voluntary suicide. He flatly refused to do so and left the room, whereupon his faithful adviser retired to another part of the castle and solemnly performed the hara-kiri.

意味（2）

Suicide or any suicidal action.

意味（3）

(by extension, figuratively) An act against one's own interests.

Regarded logically, therefore, Japan’s decision to go to war made no sense. It was hara-kiri.