hara-kiri
Example Sentences
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"We cannot commit hara-kiri with the hope of hurting Russia"
From Reuters • Apr. 20, 2022
Campaign strategists largely regard unprompted confessionals as a pointless form of political hara-kiri.
From Washington Post • Oct. 19, 2018
The historical basis lies in events at the beginning of that century, when a lord, Asano, was ordered to commit hara-kiri after a conflict with another lord, Kira.
From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2013
Some said it could have been "a little bit of professional hara-kiri," he said.
From BBC • Oct. 21, 2013
When a Samurai has to perform hara-kiri by the command of his own feudal lord, the ceremony should take place in one of the lesser palaces of the clan.
From Tales of Old Japan by Redesdale, Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, Baron
