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91Hara Kei — or Hara Takashi born March 15, 1856, Morioka, Japan died Nov. 4, 1921, Tokyo Prime minister of Japan (1918–21) and cofounder of one of Japan s first political parties, the Rikken Seiyūkai. Hara lowered the property qualifications for voting, thus …
92hara-kiri — noun a) Ceremonial suicide by ripping open the abdomen with a dagger or knife: formerly practised in Japan by members of the warrior class when disgraced or sentenced to death. Regarded logically, therefore, Japan’s decision to go to war made no… …
93hara-kiri — [19] Hara kiri is a Japanese form of ritual suicide, now little practised, involving disembowelment. The term, which means literally ‘belly cutting’, is a relatively colloquial one in Japanese; the more dignified expression is seppuku, literally… …
94hara-kiri — ha•ra ki•ri [[t]ˈhɑr əˈkɪər i, ˈhær ə , ˈhær i [/t]] also hari kari n. 1) ceremonial suicide by ripping open the abdomen with a dagger or knife: formerly practiced in Japan by members of the warrior class when disgraced or sentenced to death 2)… …
95hara-kiri — harakiri ha ra*ki ri, hara kiri ha ra ki ri(h[add] r[add]*k[=e] r[i^]), n. [Jap., stomach cutting.] A ritual form of suicide, by slashing the abdomen, formerly practiced in Japan, and commanded by the government in the cases of disgraced… …
96hara-kiri — also hari kari noun Etymology: Japanese harakiri, from hara belly + kiri cutting Date: 1840 1. ritual suicide by disembowelment practiced by the Japanese samurai or formerly decreed by a court in lieu of the death penalty 2. suicide 1b …
97Hara Toratane — nihongo|Hara Toratane|原虎胤| (1497 1564) was a senior retainer of the Takeda clan during the late Sengoku period of Japanese history …
98Hara Takashi — o Hara Kei (15 mar. 1856, Morioka, Japón–4 nov. 1921, Tokio). Primer ministro de Japón (1918–21) y cofundador de uno de los primeros partidos políticos del país, el Rikken Seiyukai. Disminuyó los requisitos de propiedad para votar, aumentando así …
99hara-kiri — [[t]hæ̱rə kɪ̱ri[/t]] N UNCOUNT In former times, if a Japanese man committed hara kiri, he killed himself by cutting his own stomach open, in order to avoid dishonour …
100hara-kiri — [ˌharə kɪri] noun ritual suicide by disembowelment with a sword, formerly practised in Japan by samurai as an honourable alternative to disgrace or execution. Origin C19: colloq. Japanese, from hara belly + kiri cutting …
