切腹

Defeated warriors (samurai) often resorted to hara-kiri.

落败的武士总是采用切腹的死法。

Seppuku (Hara-Kiri) was a key part of bushido, the code of the samurai warriors; it was used by warriors to avoid falling into enemy hands, and to attenuate shame.

切腹自杀是日本武士阶级信奉的武士道的重要部分；往往切腹自杀是为了防止自己落入敌人之手，借以此来洗刷耻辱。

They found that suicide method still being used, though to a very limited extent. They reported their findings in the November 2010 European Psychiatry.

他们发现其实切腹这种自杀方式还在执行，只不过比例很小罢了。他们调查结果发表在2010年十月的《欧洲精神病学》上。

If I were Japanese I would commit seppuku , spilling my bowel into the jar of your ashes .

如果我是日本人，我会切腹自杀，让我的内脏流进你骨灰的罐子里。

If a mission failed, you were supposed to make your apologies with a seppuku knife, like General Saito did after the Saipan landings.

假如一个行动失败了，你就应该用一把切腹刀来道歉，就如塞班岛被登陆后的斎藤义次将军所做的。