切腹

Chinese
close to; to cut; to slice abdomen; stomach; belly
simp. and trad.
(切腹)		 切 腹

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 切腹 (せっぷく) (seppuku).

Pronunciation

Noun

切腹

  1. ritualized self-disembowelment; ritualized suicide; harakiri; seppuku

Verb

切腹

  1. to commit harakiri

Japanese
Kanji in this term
切 腹
せつ > せっ
Grade: 2		 ふく > ぷく
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

切 (setsu, “to cut”) +‎ 腹 (fuku, “belly”)

Pronunciation

Noun

切腹 (hiragana せっぷく, rōmaji seppuku)

  1. seppuku (ritual suicide by disembowelment)
    Synonym: 腹切り (harakiri)
    • 2004 September 8, Sorachi, Hideaki, “第だい十七訓くん　酔よってなくても酔よったふりして上じょう司しのヅラ取とれ [Lesson 17: Even If You’re Not Drunk, Pretend to Be, and Snatch Your Boss’s Toupée]”, in 銀ぎん魂たま [Silver Soul], volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      いけェェ　局 (きょく)長 (ちょう)ォ‼
      Ikēe Kyokuchōo‼
      Gooo, Captain‼
      死 (し)ねェ　副 (ふく)長 (ちょう)‼
      Shinē Fukuchō‼
      Die, Vice-Captain‼
      誰 (だれ)だ今 (いま)死 (し)ねっつったの‼切 (せっ)腹 (ぷく)だコラァ‼
      Dare da ima shinettsutta no‼ Seppuku da korā‼
      Who said die⁉ Seppuku, now‼

Descendants

Verb

切腹する (hiragana せっぷくする, rōmaji seppuku suru)

  1. to commit seppuku

Conjugation
Conjugation of "切腹する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 切腹し せっぷくし seppuku shi
Continuative (連用形) 切腹し せっぷくし seppuku shi
Terminal (終止形) 切腹する せっぷくする seppuku suru
Attributive (連体形) 切腹する せっぷくする seppuku suru
Hypothetical (仮定形) 切腹すれ せっぷくすれ seppuku sure
Imperative (命令形) 切腹せよ¹
切腹しろ²		 せっぷくせよ¹
せっぷくしろ²		 seppuku seyo¹
seppuku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 切腹される せっぷくされる seppuku sareru
Causative 切腹させる
切腹さす		 せっぷくさせる
せっぷくさす		 seppuku saseru
seppuku sasu
Potential 切腹できる せっぷくできる seppuku dekiru
Volitional 切腹しよう せっぷくしよう seppuku shiyō
Negative 切腹しない せっぷくしない seppuku shinai
Negative continuative 切腹せず せっぷくせず seppuku sezu
Formal 切腹します せっぷくします seppuku shimasu
Perfective 切腹した せっぷくした seppuku shita
Conjunctive 切腹して せっぷくして seppuku shite
Hypothetical conditional 切腹すれば せっぷくすれば seppuku sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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