Associations to the word «Harakiri»

Wiktionary

HARAKIRI, noun. Alternative spelling of hara-kiri

Dictionary definition

HARAKIRI, noun. Ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke