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Noun: seppuku  se'poo-koo
  1. Ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practised by samurai in the traditional Japanese society
    - harakiri, hara-kiri, harikari

Derived forms: seppukus

Type of: self-annihilation, self-destruction, suicide

Encyclopedia: Seppuku

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