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Seppuku (切腹, lit. 'cutting belly'), also called harakiri (腹切り, lit. 'abdomen/belly cutting', a native Japanese kun reading), is a form of Japanese ritualistic suicide by disembowelment. It was originally reserved for samurai in their code of honor, but was also practiced by other Japanese people during the Shōwa era (particularly officers near the end of…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seppuku | Hiragana | せっぷく | 1.00 | infobox |
| Seppuku | Kanji | 切腹 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Seppuku | Katakana | セップク | 1.00 | infobox |
| Seppuku | Romanization | Seppuku | 1.00 | infobox |
| Seppuku | Transcriptions | TranscriptionsRomanizationSeppuku | 1.00 | infobox |
| Seppuku | is a | best known form | 0.90 | text |
| a tantō or kaiken | instance of | using a knife | 0.80 | text |
| rape | instance of | especially for those who committed a serious offense | 0.80 | text |
| robbery | instance of | especially for those who committed a serious offense | 0.80 | text |
| corruption | instance of | especially for those who committed a serious offense | 0.80 | text |
| unprovoked murder | instance of | especially for those who committed a serious offense | 0.80 | text |
| or treason | instance of | especially for those who committed a serious offense | 0.80 | text |
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