Usually means: Ritual suicide by disembowelment, Japan.
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  2. hari-kari: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. hari-kari, hari-kari: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. hari-kari: Wiktionary
  6. hari-kari: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. hari-kari: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  9. hari-kari: Dictionary.com
  10. Hari-kari: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Hari-kari)

noun:  (proscribed) Alternative form of hara-kiri [Ceremonial suicide by disembowelment, as by slicing open the abdomen with a dagger or knife: formerly practised in Japan by the samurai when disgraced or sentenced to death.]

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