See hara-kiri on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1987, The Economist, volume 304, numbers 7505-7513, page 1:",
"text": "They are haunted by the spectre of the 1984 election, when Mr Walter Mondale committed hara-kiri by acknowledging the need to raise taxes if America were to get its economy straight.",
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"ref": "2008 April 5, Anurag Prasad, “Virgin Territory”, in Outlook Business, volume 3, number 7, page 50:",
"text": "But with GSM players lobbying hard for more spectrum, taking MVNOs on board now would be hara-kiri.",
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"masculine"
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"word": "խարակիրի"
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"word": "切腹"
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"sense": "ceremonial suicide by ripping open the abdomen",
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"code": "de",
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{
"code": "he",
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"code": "ko",
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"sense": "ceremonial suicide by ripping open the abdomen",
"word": "할복"
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"roman": "harakiri",
"sense": "ceremonial suicide by ripping open the abdomen",
"word": "ഹരകിരി"
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"code": "pt",
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"code": "ru",
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"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "хараки́ри"
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"word": "сэппу́ку"
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"masculine"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "ceremonial suicide by ripping open the abdomen",
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"code": "ur",
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"roman": "hārākirī",
"sense": "ceremonial suicide by ripping open the abdomen",
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"word": "pepehi make ana ʻia iā iho"
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"word": "自殺"
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"hara-kiri (suicide by ripping open the stomach)"
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