(Japan) ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword

• Cio-Cio-San's way out
• Practiced by warriors in the traditional Japanese society
• Self-destruction
• Ritual greeting interrupted by a painter with drink
• Ritual disembowelment

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Harakiri (or hara-kiri ) most often refers to a form of seppuku (or ritual suicide), often miswritten as "harikari". It may also refer to: Biology HRK (gene) , pronounced "harakiri", a human gene Entertainment Harakiri (album) , the third album by Armenian-American ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of hara-kiri English)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
harakiri \ha"ra*ki`ri\, hara-kiri \ha"ra-ki`ri\(h[add]"r[add]*k[=e]`r[i^]), n. [Jap., stomach cutting.] A ritual form of suicide, by slashing the abdomen, formerly practiced in Japan, and commanded by the government in the cases of disgraced officials; ...