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Define Harakiri Meaning

Harakiri
The most (in)famous kind of Japanese suicide. As it says, I'm slitting my stomach, it refers to this gruesome kind of killing oneself.

He was not able to stand the pressure of the society, so he decided to solve the problems in an "honorable" way.
By Joli
Harakiri
Ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by warriors in the traditional Japanese society.

He performed a Harakiri on himself.
By Leone
Harakiri
A nice long self inflicted shank in your belly. The Japanese managed to make even suicide an honour.

I have disgraced my family, and shall now perform harakiri to expunge m sins
By Michele
Harakiri Frape
The act of fraping yourself and blaming it on another out of sheer boredom. This allows you to watch as the blamed party is publicly humiliated while you get away with insulting whoever you like.

Beth - "Aww man I can't believe Shaun would frape Alex and call me a total cuntwaffle"

Sue - "I hear it was actually Alex. Classic harakiri frape".
By Nanine
Homo-Harakiri
To sacrifice ones own sexuality in order to insult another's.

Friend 1: You're so gay.
Friend 2: I may be gay but u wanna fuck me, so shut up.
Friend 1: You just killed me with a homo-harakiri!
By Sheba
Triple Harakiri
Commiting suicide in 3 ways at once. First the attempter takes a knife, noose, and gun. They then slit their wrist, hang themselves, and shoot their brains out creating the triple harakiri.

Bob attempted the triple harakiri last night.
By Lane
Doing Harakiri
the act of committing suicide (using any method except the real harakiri, the actual Japanese ritual form of suicide by disembowelment often used historically by the samurai).

son: why are so many people nowadays doing harakiri?

father: Adrian, why people commit such acts is probably because they can't find life's meaning in any setting, religious or secular. However, you can always pull the roasted chestnuts out of the fire. Don't burn your bridges is the sole piece of advice I would give these people.
By Claresta
Doing Harakiri
the act of committing suicide

son: why are so many people nowadays doing harakiri?

father: Adrian: doing harakiri is not a joke; it means committing suicide. As to why people do such a rash and irrational act, G-d only knows. It's probably because they have reached a point in their existence where they don't know what to do. They can't even find G-d's eternal mercy in a religious setting and they don't understand that there's always hope for a recovery if you are not mentally ill, no matter how hopeless the situation may be. But who cares, because mentally ill people can't make the rational choice to commit suicide.
By Gertrudis
Doing Harakiri
the act of committing suicide

son: why are so many people nowadays doing harakiri?

father: Adrian: doing harakiri is not a joke; as to why people do such a rash and irrational act, G-d only knows. It's probably because they have reached a point in their existence where they can't even find G-d and his eternal mercy in a religious setting and they don't understand that there's always hope for a recovery in the secular setting no matter how hopeless the situation may seem be. you can always pull the chestnuts out of the fire
By Roselia
Doing Harakiri
the act of committing suicide (but not as the name suggests, harakiri, the actual Japanese ritual of suicide by disembowelment. often used historically by the samurai).

son: why are so many people nowadays doing harakiri?

father: Adrian, G-d only knows why people commit such an irrational act. It's probably because they've reached a point in their existence where they can't find life's meaning even in a religious setting. There's always hope even in the secular setting, by getting a social worker or psychotherapist. You can always pull the roasted chestnuts out of the fire no matter how dire the situation seems to be.

son: so, what do we tell a person about to commit suicide? "don't burn your bridges"? and that they should stop rejecting the help that they deserve?

father: yup.
By Lyndsie