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Meaning of "hari-kari" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HARI-KARI

hari-kari  [ˌhærɪˈkɑːrɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HARI-KARI

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hari-Kari is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HARI-KARI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hari-kari

Seppuku

Seppuku is a form of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment. Seppuku was originally reserved only for samurai. Part of the samurai bushido honour code, seppuku was either used voluntarily by samurai to die with honour rather than fall into the hands of their enemies, or as a form of capital punishment for samurai who had committed serious offenses, or performed for other reasons that had brought shame to them. The ceremonial disembowelment, which is usually part of a more elaborate ritual and performed in front of spectators, consists of plunging a short blade, traditionally a tantō, into the abdomen and moving the blade from left to right in a slicing motion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HARI-KARI


Bari
ˈbɑːrɪ
Bihari
bɪˈhɑːrɪ
Cagliari
kælˈjɑːrɪ
calamari
ˌkæləˈmɑːrɪ
curare
kjʊˈrɑːrɪ
gari
ˈɡɑːrɪ
Harare
həˈrɑːrɪ
kalamkari
ˌkælæmˈkɑːrɪ
karri
ˈkɑːrɪ
lari
lɑːrɪ
Mari
ˈmɑːrɪ
Qatari
kæˈtɑːrɪ
safari
səˈfɑːrɪ
saree
ˈsɑːrɪ
sari
ˈsɑːrɪ
scarry
ˈskɑːrɪ
Shari
ˈʃɑːrɪ
shikaree
ʃɪˈkɑːrɪ
shikari
ʃɪˈkɑːrɪ
starry
ˈstɑːrɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HARI-KARI

harelipped
harem
harestail
harewood
Harewood House
Harfleur
Hargeisa
Hargreaves
hariana
haricot
haricot bean
harigalds
Harijan
Haringey
hariolate
hariolation
harira
harish
Harishchandra
harissa

WORDS THAT END LIKE HARI-KARI

acari
ambari
askari
Chari
Dari
Ferrari
Godavari
hakari
Javari
kumari
laari
marari
Nagari
ouakari
rastafari
Sassari
Scutari
sundari
uakari
Zardari

Synonyms and antonyms of hari-kari in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hari-kari» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HARI-KARI

Find out the translation of hari-kari to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hari-kari from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hari-kari» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

哈利KARI
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hari - kari
570 millions of speakers

English

hari-kari
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हराकीरि
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

هاري كاري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

харакири
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hara-kiri
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হারা-কীরি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hara-kiri
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hari-kari
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Harakiri
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ハラキリ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하리 카리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hari-kari
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hari kari -
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஹரி-கரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हरि-करि
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hari-kari
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

hari - kari
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Hari - kari
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

харакірі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hari - kari
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

hari - καρί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hari - Kari
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hari - kari
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

harakiri
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hari-kari

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HARI-KARI»

The term «hari-kari» is normally little used and occupies the 125.917 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HARI-KARI» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hari-kari» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hari-kari» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hari-kari

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HARI-KARI»

Discover the use of hari-kari in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hari-kari and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Physical and Physiological Forest Ecology
This book introduces a holistic synthesis of carbon and nitrogen fluxes in forest ecosystems from cell to stand level during the lifetime of trees.
Pertti Hari, Kari Heliövaara, Liisa Kulmala, 2012
2
Comic Book Price Guide
2.00 Hari Kari Black Out 0-1 ............................................. 3.00 Hari Kari: Live & Untamed Blackout 0 ................................................ 3.00 0/Variant . ... 3.00 Hari Kari: The Diary of Kari Sun Blackout 1⁄2 ............................................... 3.00 Hari Kari: The  ...
Brent Frankenhoff, 2010
3
Surrealistic Midnight Ride
One of the women carried white Hari-Kari clothes; the other one carried a pillow with the ceremonial knife resting on it. The third woman who ran in with the troop held a large sword and a rug. The commander of the Samurai troop leveled his ...
Thomas Muhlrad, 2012
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Comics Shop
Hari Kari: Rebirth Black Out 1 .......... 3.00 Hari Kari Resurrection Blackout 1 .......... 3.00 Hari Kari: The Beginning Black Out 1 .......... 3.00 Hari Kari: The Diary of Kari Sun Blackout 1/2 .......... 3.00 Hari Kari: The Silence of Evil Black Out 0 .
Maggie Thompson, 2010
5
Garner's Modern American Usage
“belly-cutting”) is often misspelled in various ways, including ✳hari kari, ✳hari- kari, and ✳hiri kiri. These misspellings may be especially tempting because they exemplify what linguists call “reduplicative” or rhyming syllables, whereas the ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
6
The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations: The Complete ...
Garner (2003) wisely advises us to avoid the variant spellings hari kari, hari-kari, and hiri kiri, and I wisely advise you to avoid any pronunciations suggested by them, especially the abominable HAIR-ee-KAIR-ee and HAR-ee KAR-ee, which ...
Charles Harrington Elster, 2006
7
2010 Comic Book Checklist & Price Guide
2.95 Hari Kari: Live & Untamed Blackout Hari Kari Private Gallery Blackout Hari Kari: Rebirth Black Out Hari Kari Resurrection Blackout Hari Kari: The Beginning Black Out Hari Kari: The Diary of Kari Sun Blackout HariKari:The Silenceof Evil ...
Maggie Thompson, Brent Frankenhoff, Peter Bickford, 2009
8
A Family Place: A Hudson Valley Farm, Three Centuries, Five ...
That night I dig out a picture of my grandfather on Hari Kari, the champion steeplechaser that his brother Hoffman had bought and that he had raced in the Maryland Steeplechase in 1902. Many horses had fallen during the race, some had ...
Philip, 2001
9
Tikki Tikki Tembo
When the eldest son fell in the well and most of the time getting help was spent pronouncing the name of the one in trouble, the Chinese, according to legend, decided to give all their children short names.
‎1989
10
Billboard
PAYOLA. IS. INDUSTRY. HARI-KARI. SINCE the last annual report presented to general membership of the union, the council has successfully negotiated with the Industry for a number of invaluable improvements in wage scale, working ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HARI-KARI»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hari-kari is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bennett: 'Western World is Committing Hari-Kari' for Iran
... not understand what would happen," he added. "The Western world is going to perform an international hari-kari and we are trying to stop it.". «Arutz Sheva, Jul 15»
2
How I became an artisan grocer
"I've been regularly threatened by customers that if I change the place, someone will commit hari-kari on me," laughs Josephs. Josephs' love of ... «Jewish Chronicle, Jul 15»
3
Derry not planning to deviate from their prepared script
Longford missed two clear cut chances before they finalised punished Derry's hari-kari defending. With Barden and Brian Kavanagh totally ... «the Irish News, Jul 15»
4
'A Wailing of a Town' paints a vivid picture of San Pedro's punk scene
... the Minutemen's call for "a band on every block," and "Wailing" documents such worthy but overlooked groups as Saccharine Trust, Hari-Kari, ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
5
Red-hot Marsh turns up heat on Watson
Even he admitted after the game that they all pretty much committed hari-kari though. on July 2, 2015, 6:47 GMT. Warner, Rogers, Smith, Clarke ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jul 15»
6
American Apparel (APP) – Hey Dov Charney…Go Away
... from disgraced former American Apparel CEO Dov Charney, he now claims Standard CEO Kim essentially began committing hari-kari in front ... «ValueWalk, Jun 15»
7
One of a kind remembers the lost
“Then we heard the emperor's fateful broadcast: 'The war is over' and we saw some guards committing hari-kari.” Planes began dropping food ... «Bayside News, Jun 15»
8
Are Ghanaians safe under a dead goat?
They should rather go and commit hari-kari. This wicked government has cancelled allowances for teachers and nurses pursuing professional ... «GhanaWeb, Jun 15»
9
Warren: Brook, Hearn Talking Arrant Nonsense on Khan
For never mind Prince Ali, until slippery Seb committed hari-kari I doubt even Muhammad Ali could have KO'd him! ***. British boxing certainly ... «BoxingScene.com, Jun 15»
10
Simon Catto: Proud efforts to expose corruption
THE public hari-kari performed by Sepp Blatter last Tuesday has a depressing ring of familiarity about it. You don't have to look hard to find ... «Scotsman, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Hari-Kari [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/hari-kari>. Apr 2024 ».
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