harakiri
See also: Harakiri and hara-kiri
English
Noun
harakiri (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of hara-kiri
Anagrams
- hari-kari, harikari
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 腹切.
Noun
harakiri
- hara-kiri
- 1891, Niels Juel-Hansen, Japanesere: fortaelling for ungdommen
- Enhver fornem Japaneser vokser op med Dødstanken, med Tanken om Harakirien, for at han, om Skæbnen vil det, kan dø roligt, værdigt, dø som en Mand.
- Any high-class Japanese grows up with the thought of death, with the thought of harakiri, that he, if fate wills it, may die calmly, dignifiedly, die as a man.
- Enhver fornem Japaneser vokser op med Dødstanken, med Tanken om Harakirien, for at han, om Skæbnen vil det, kan dø roligt, værdigt, dø som en Mand.
- 1985, Per Højholt, Kvababbelser
- Og jeg taler videre / nu i munden på en mund i min / min paniks suveræne Mills Brothers / helt hinsides mening og orden, hængende i / harakiriens / pedantiske syntaks, ...
- 1891, Niels Juel-Hansen, Japanesere: fortaelling for ungdommen
Declension
Declension of harakiri
| common gender | Singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | harakiri | harakirien |
| genitive | harakiris | harakiriens |
Synonyms
- seppuku
Dutch
Alternative forms
- hara-kiri (archaic)
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 腹切.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɦaː.raːˈki.ri/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ha‧ra‧ki‧ri
Noun
harakiri m (plural harakiri's)
- hara-kiri [from mid 19th c.]
- Synonym: seppuku
Finnish
Etymology
From Japanese 腹切り.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɑrɑkiri/, [ˈhɑrɑˌkiri]
- Rhymes: -iri
- Syllabification(key): ha‧ra‧ki‧ri
Noun
harakiri
- hara-kiri, seppuku
Declension
| Inflection of harakiri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | harakiri | harakirit | |
| genitive | harakirin | harakirien | |
| partitive | harakiria | harakireja | |
| illative | harakiriin | harakireihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | harakiri | harakirit | |
| accusative | nom. | harakiri | harakirit |
| gen. | harakirin | ||
| genitive | harakirin | harakirien | |
| partitive | harakiria | harakireja | |
| inessive | harakirissa | harakireissa | |
| elative | harakirista | harakireista | |
| illative | harakiriin | harakireihin | |
| adessive | harakirilla | harakireilla | |
| ablative | harakirilta | harakireilta | |
| allative | harakirille | harakireille | |
| essive | harakirina | harakireina | |
| translative | harakiriksi | harakireiksi | |
| instructive | — | harakirein | |
| abessive | harakiritta | harakireitta | |
| comitative | — | harakireineen | |
| Possessive forms of harakiri (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | harakirini | harakirimme |
| 2nd person | harakirisi | harakirinne |
| 3rd person | harakirinsa | |
Indonesian
Etymology
From Japanese 腹切り (harakiri), ultimately from 腹 (hara, “belly”) + 切る (kiru, “to cut”).
Noun
harakiri (first-person possessive harakiriku, second-person possessive harakirimu, third-person possessive harakirinya)
- hara-kiri: 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.
See also
- bushido
- kamikaze
Japanese
Romanization
harakiri
- Rōmaji transcription of はらきり
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 腹切り.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xa.raˈki.ri/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -iri
- Syllabification: ha‧ra‧ki‧ri
Noun
harakiri n (indeclinable)
- hara-kiri, seppuku (ceremonial suicide by ripping open the abdomen)
- Synonym: seppuku
Further reading
- harakiri in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- harakiri in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Noun
harakiri m (plural harakiris)
- Alternative spelling of haraquiri
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:harakiri.
Spanish
Noun
harakiri m (uncountable)
- Alternative form of haraquiri
Further reading
- “harakiri”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Etymology
From Japanese 腹切り.
Noun
harakiri c
- hara-kiri
Declension
| Declension of harakiri | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | harakiri | harakirin | — | — |
| Genitive | harakiris | harakirins | — | — |
References
- harakiri in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- harakiri in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- harakiri in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- hara-kiri
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 腹切り (harakiri).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ha‧ra‧ki‧ri
- IPA(key): /haɾaˈkiɾi/, [hɐ.ɾɐˈxi.ɾɪ]
Noun
harakiri
- hara-kiri
Further reading
- “harakiri”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018