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What does Hara Kiri mean in Japanese?

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Hara Kiri is literally "The cutting of the stomach".
It is another word for Seppukku, where a person who feels his or her honor is damaged beyond repair would commit ritual suicide by slashing the lower abdomen in order to have their honor considered restored posthumously.

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