ha·ra-ki·ri
noun/ˌhærə ˈkɪri/
/ˌhɑːrə ˈkɪri/
[uncountable] (from Japanese)- an act of killing yourself by cutting open your stomach with a sword, performed especially by the samurai in Japan in the past, to avoid losing honour
切腹，剖腹自尽（尤指旧时日本武士为免受屈辱而自杀的行为） Word Originmid 19th cent.: colloquial Japanese, from hara ‘belly’ + kiri ‘cutting’.