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Definition: HARA-KIRI |
HARA-KIRINoun1. Suicide, by slashing the abdomen, formerly practiced in Japan, and commanded by the government in the cases of disgraced officials; disembowelment; -- also written, but incorrectly, hari-kari. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Killing | Suicide, felo de se, hara-kiri, suttee, Juggernath; immolation, auto da fe, holocaust. |
Punishment | Hara-kiri, seppuku; drinking the hemlock. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: HARA-KIRI |
| English words defined with "HARA-KIRI": Seppuku. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "HARA-KIRI" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (hara kiri). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Hara-Kiri (1928) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
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| "HARA-KIRI" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "HARA-KIRI" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 10 | 111,207 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "HARA-KIRI"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Manx | bolg-yiarrey. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ara-kirihay.(various references) | |
Russian | харакири (hara kiri, hara-kari, hari-kari). (various references) | |
Thai | à¸à¸²à¸£à¸„ว้านท้à¸à¸‡. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"HARA-KIRI" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: hari-kiri. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-h-i-i-k-r-r" | |
-3 letters: haika. | |
-4 letters: arak, aria, haar, haik, hair, hark, raia, raki. | |
-5 letters: aah, aha, air, ark, irk, khi, kir, rah, ria. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 41 52 41 2D 4B 49 52 49 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01000001 01010010 01000001 00101101 01001011 01001001 01010010 01001001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H A R A - K I R I |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0041 0052 0041 002D 004B 0049 0052 0049 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)423552351545435243 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Usage Frequency 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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