Seppuku is homicide by disembowelment.
Seppuku -LRB- åˆ‡è…¹ , `` cutting -LSB- the -RSB- abdomen/belly '' , formal on reading of original Kanji -RRB- , sometimes metathesized as harakiri -LRB- è…¹åˆ‡ã‚Š , `` abdomen/belly cutting '' -RRB- which is a native Japanese kun reading , is a form of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment .
Seppuku
is
homicide by disembowelment
a form of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment