Word Meaning 切腹

せっぷく seppuku

切腹 is read as せっぷく (seppuku) and means seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period).

Meaning

English

  1. seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
  2. seppuku
  3. harakiri
  4. ritual suicide by disembowelment

Reading

Kana

せっぷく

Romaji

seppuku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 11984 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

連木で腹を切る

れんぎではらをきる

to do something impossible

腹切

はらきり

harakiri

腹を切る

はらをきる

to laugh until one splits one's side

詰め腹を切らされる

つめばらをきらされる

to be forced to bear the responsibility and resign

杓子で腹を切る

しゃくしではらをきる

to do something impossible

切実

せつじつ

pertinent

切断

せつだん

cutting

切り取り

きりどり

cutting (for a railroad, highway, etc.)

切望

せつぼう

earnest desire

切り抜き

きりぬき

cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)

切除

せつじょ

cut off

切り取る

きりとる

to cut off