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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "ceremonial suicide by ripping open the abdomen",
"word": "harakiri"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "hārākirī",
"sense": "ceremonial suicide by ripping open the abdomen",
"word": "ہاراکری"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "suicide",
"word": "harakiri"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "suicide",
"word": "pepehi make ana ʻia iā iho"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "suicide",
"word": "自殺"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "self-destructive act",
"word": "harakiri"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "self-destructive act",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Harakiri"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"hara-kiri"
],
"word": "hara-kiri"
}
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