せっぷく

切 腹

Common word

  1. noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

    seppuku, harakiri, ritual suicide by disembowelment

  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

    seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
    historical term