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
- seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
- seppuku
- harakiri
- ritual suicide by disembowelment
Reading
Kana
せっぷく
Romaji
seppuku