seppuku

Now, my readers will understand that hara-kiri, or seppuku, was not a mere suicidal process.

But if you do not enjoy it, I shall commit hara kiri, or seppuku, which is the polite name.

I was proud to stay at this "hotel" and to receive as a parting gift an old seppuku blade.

The physical agony of "seppuku" was, therefore, very brief, lasting but a few seconds.

In thus describing the Japanese sentiment in regard to "seppuku," there is, however, some danger of misrepresenting it.