Etymology

hari-kari

Japanese 腹切り
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  1. Japanese · derived from腹切り
  2. English todayhari-kari

Corrupted from Japanese 腹切り (harakiri), literally "belly-cutting".

Words from the same roots

Japanese腹切り all →

hara-kiri

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.