Word Meaning 腹を切る
はらをきる
hara o kiru
腹を切る is read as はらをきる (hara o kiru) and means to laugh until one splits one's side.
Meaning
English
- to laugh until one splits one's side
- to take responsibility (and resign)
- to commit seppuku
- to commit harakiri
Reading
Kana
はらをきる
Romaji
hara o kiru
Stroke Sequence
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Related Vocabulary
Max. 12切腹
せっぷく
seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)