hara-kiri
Example Sentences
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But in the case of Yukio Mishima, the Japanese author known for novels including “The Temple of the Golden Pavilion” who died by ritual hara-kiri suicide in 1970,these two dimensions are neck and neck.
From New York Times
The samurai practice of seppuku, or hara-kiri, was something he had described in gory detail a decade earlier in his short story “Patriotism”:
From Washington Post
The downside of Neuer’s approach is the football version of hara-kiri.
From The Guardian
Ritual suicide, known as seppuku or hara-kiri, has long been portrayed in movies and theater as an honorable way to take responsibility.
From Washington Times
Expectations for Mr. Trump were incredibly low: Simply because he didn’t commit televised hara-kiri, he lived to fight another day.
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