切腹|せっぷくseppuku[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbseppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment
  2. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbseppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
Conjugation
Dictionary form切腹する(せっぷくする)
Polite (masu)切腹します(せっぷくします)
Negative (nai)切腹しない(せっぷくしない)
polite (masen)切腹しません(せっぷくしません)
classical zu / nu切腹せず・切腹せぬ(せっぷくせず・せっぷくせぬ)
Past (ta)切腹した(せっぷくした)
polite (mashita)切腹しました(せっぷくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)切腹しなかった(せっぷくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)切腹しませんでした(せっぷくしませんでした)
Te form切腹して(せっぷくして)
Potential切腹できる(せっぷくできる)
Passive切腹される(せっぷくされる)
Causative切腹させる(せっぷくさせる)
Causative passive切腹させられる(せっぷくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)切腹すれば(せっぷくすれば)
tara切腹したら(せっぷくしたら)
Volitional切腹しよう(せっぷくしよう)
polite (mashou)切腹しましょう(せっぷくしましょう)
Imperative切腹しろ(せっぷくしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym腹切りはらきりCasualNative word with the kanji of 「切腹」 reversed; colloquial and a bit slangy, and the term familiar to foreigners (harakiri).
  • Related割腹かっぷくWrittenWritten-style word for taking one's own life by disembowelment; in modern usage mostly in news reports and historical accounts.

For a samurai's ritual suicide by disembowelment, 「切腹」 is the usual choice. 「腹切り」 is the colloquial variant, familiar to foreigners; 「割腹」 is written style, today mainly in news and historical accounts.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 刃物はものを用もちいて自分じぶんの腹部ふくぶを切開せっかいし死しぬこと。武士ぶしとしての名誉めいよを保たもつ行為こうい。割腹かっぷく。屠腹とふく。はらきり。
  2. 江戸えど時代じだい、武士ぶしに科かした刑罰けいばつの一ひとつ。
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