hara-kiri

短语
FREQ #39673

n. <日>切腹自尽

发音

其它 /ˌhæɹəˈkɪɹi/

别名

harakiri harikari hari-kari harikiri

释义与例句

n.
  1. 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.

    切腹

    不可数
  2. 2.

    Suicide or any suicidal action.

    自杀

    不可数
  3. 3.

    An act against one's own interests.

    比喻 不可数 引申义

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

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

seppuku hari-kari

上位词 3

suicide self-destruction self-annihilation

词源

Borrowed from Japanese 腹切り (harakiri), ultimately from 腹 (hara, “belly”) + 切る (kiru, “to cut”).

来源：wiktionary