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切腹
切腹
Chinese
| close to; to cut; to slice | abdomen; stomach; belly | ||
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simp. and trad. (切腹) |
切 | 腹 | |
Noun
切腹
- ritualized self-disembowelment; ritualized suicide; harakiri; seppuku
Verb
切腹
- to commit harakiri
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
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| 切 | 腹 |
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せつ > せっ Grade: 2 |
ふく > ぷく Grade: 6 |
| on'yomi | |
Etymology
From 切 (setsu, "cut," "sever") + 腹 (fuku, "belly," "abdomen") borrowed from Middle Chinese (tshet + pjuwk)
Noun
切腹 (hiragana せっぷく, romaji seppuku)
- ritualized self-disembowelment; ritualized suicide; harakiri; seppuku
Verb
切腹する (hiragana せっぷくする, romaji seppuku suru)
- perform ritual self-disembowelment
Conjugation
Conjugation of "切腹する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
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| Imperfective (未然形) | 切腹し | せっぷくし | seppuku shi | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 切腹し | せっぷくし | seppuku shi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 切腹する | せっぷくする | seppuku suru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 切腹する | せっぷくする | seppuku suru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 切腹すれ | せっぷくすれ | seppuku sure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 切腹せよ¹ 切腹しろ² |
せっぷくせよ¹ せっぷくしろ² |
seppuku seyo¹ seppuku shiro² |
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| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 切腹される | せっぷくされる | seppuku sareru | |
| Causative | 切腹させる 切腹さす |
せっぷくさせる せっぷくさす |
seppuku saseru seppuku sasu |
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| Potential | 切腹できる | せっぷくできる | seppuku dekiru | |
| Volitional | 切腹しよう | せっぷくしよう | seppuku shiyō | |
| Negative | 切腹しない | せっぷくしない | seppuku shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 切腹せず | せっぷくせず | seppuku sezu | |
| Formal | 切腹します | せっぷくします | seppuku shimasu | |
| Perfective | 切腹した | せっぷくした | seppuku shita | |
| Conjunctive | 切腹して | せっぷくして | seppuku shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 切腹すれば | せっぷくすれば | seppuku sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
See also
- 腹切り (harakiri): colloquial term for the same practice
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.