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What does seppuku mean?

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Noun
  1. A form of ritual suicide by disembowelment using a blade, practiced by Japanese samurai, especially to rid oneself of shame, as a means of protest or, formerly, as a method of capital punishment.
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After his defeat he took refuge in the Byōdō Temple, where he committed seppuku.
Getting the the Imperial palace flattened would have been a great disgrace probably requiring seppuku of the Japanese leaders concerned.
According to the bushido, many samurais abide by the seppuku act, and even their families committed suicide.
Alas, as he makes its way to ignominious demise, he appears to have committed career seppuku.
They would all commit seppuku before following a suggestion from such as you!
His master, Lord Yabu Kasigi, had committed seppuku at the orders of those more powerful than he.

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