hara-kiri

noun

1. 切腹，剖腹自尽（尤指旧时日本武士为免受屈辱而自杀的行为）
   an act of killing yourself by cutting open your stomach with a sword , performed especially by the samurai in Japan in the past, to avoid losing honour

1. （旧时日本男子为免受羞辱而进行的）剖腹自尽
   In former times, if a Japanese man committed hara-kiri, he killed himself by cutting his own stomach open, in order to avoid dishonour.

1. Though derided by some for his political suicide, one grudging admirer from a Japanese business group likens Mr Noda to a warrior committing hara-kiri – ritual suicide – rather than be taken by his enemies.
   尽管有人嘲笑他这是政治自杀，日本一个商业组织中的一名不情愿的赞慕者还是将野田的行为比作武士的剖腹自杀&一种仪式自杀，而不是死于敌人之手。
2. The idea that imposing austerity is political hara-kiri is widely held.
   人们普遍认为，施行紧缩政策无异于政治上的剖腹自杀。
3. Effectively Japan was forced to commit financial hara-kiri.
   实际上，日本被迫进行了一次金融切腹。
4. If the company raises its prices, it will be committing economic hara-kiri.
   如果公司要提高价格，那将会使其经济自我毁灭。
5. But cutting out too much of the middle can start to look like corporate hara-kiri.
   但去除过多的中间层这一过程，开始看起来像企业剖腹自杀。
6. Violence of the Symbols in the War& According to the Case of Hara-kiri Made by Japanese Soldiers During World War ⅱ
   战争中的符号暴力&以二战时期日本军人切腹自杀为例
7. Conservatives groused they were not ready to commit political hara-kiri
   保守分子抱怨说他们还不准备惊醒政治自杀

noun

1. ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword

   Synonym:    harakiriharikariseppuku