seppuku in A Sentence

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    Seppuku and hara-kiri: the difference in interpretation.

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    Some are societal or culturally based and accepted such as Seppuku, part of the Japanese samurai bushido code of honor.

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    But just as significant, if not more so, Seppuku was an important act to restore the samurai's entire family's honor and standing in society.

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    Seppuku("cut-belly", used in writing) or hara-kiri("belly slitting", used when talking) is a Japanese ritual method of suicide, practiced mostly in the medieval era, though some isolated cases appear in modern times.

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    After delivering his speech and seeing his attempted coup had failed, Mishima and four of his followers reentered the room they had previously barricaded themselves in and performed Harakiri, also sometimes called Seppuku.

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