# harakiri?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harakiri/193923
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [August 8, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harakiri/193923 "2003-08-08T22:29:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harakiri/193923/1 "2003-08-08T22:29:40Z")

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what does it mean? [go here](http://www.americakokki.com/english/english.html) for fun.

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### Author: ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harakiri/193923/2 "2003-08-08T23:18:31Z")

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Do you mean Hara-kiri which is an impolite way of refering to the Feudal Japanese method of suicide known as Seppuku?  
If so try [http://victorian.fortunecity.com/duchamp/410/seppuku.html](http://victorian.fortunecity.com/duchamp/410/seppuku.html)

Cheers, Bippy  
(who can’t wait for Sep 23rd when the Shogun series to come out on DVD)

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### Author: ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harakiri/193923/3 "2003-08-08T23:20:56Z")

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sounds right… people die when it’s said on my link…