Noun: seppuku se'poo-koo
- Ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practised by samurai in the traditional Japanese society
"The defeated samurai chose seppuku over surrender";
- harakiri, hara-kiri, harikari
Derived forms: seppukus
Type of: self-annihilation, self-destruction, suicide
Encyclopedia: Seppuku