せっぷく

切腹

N5Common wordNoun

Noun, Suru verb

seppuku•harakiri•ritual suicide by disembowelment

Noun, Suru verb

seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

Example Sentences

切腹(せっぷく)は日本(にほん)の歴史的(れきしてき)な習慣(しゅうかん)です。

Seppuku is a historical Japanese custom.

資料館(しりょうかん)で切腹(せっぷく)に使(つか)われた刀(かたな)を見(み)た。

I saw the sword used for seppuku at the museum.

彼(かれ)はその映画(えいが)で切腹(せっぷく)の場面(ばめん)を見(み)て息(いき)をのんだ。

He held his breath watching the seppuku scene in that movie.

江戸(えど)時代(じだい)、切腹(せっぷく)は武士(ぶし)に許(ゆる)された名誉(めいよ)ある死(し)に方(かた)だった。

In the Edo period, seppuku was an honorable form of death permitted to samurai.

cut, cutoff, be sharp

セツ / き.る

abdomen, belly, stomach

フク / はら