Seppuku known as harakiri (腹切り, "cutting the stomach"); the term "harakiri" (often misspelled/mispronounced "hiri-kiri" or hari-kari by English speakers) is more familiar to non-Japanese speakers than the term "seppuku". "Harakiri" is written with the same kanji as "Seppuku", but in reverse order with an okurigana. In Japanese, the more formal "seppuku", a Chinese "on'yomi" reading, is typically used in writing, while "harakiri", a native "kun'yomi" reading, is used in speech. Ross notes, It is commonly pointed out that hara-kiri is a vulgarism, but this is a misunderstanding. Hara-kiri is a Japanese reading or "Kun-yomi" of the characters; as it became customary
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