英语词汇hara-kiri的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

hara-kiri. The word isn’t spelled harikiri or hari kari and doesn’t mean “happy dispatch,” as many people believe. Formed from the Japanese hara, “belly,” and kiri, “to cut,” hara-kiri liter- ally means “belly cutting.” It is, of course, the Japanese method of suicide by disemboweling, practiced especially when honor is lost, and is said to have been first turned to by Tametomo, brother of ex-Emperor Sutoku, in the 12th century, after he suf- fered a devastating military defeat. Hara kiri, which Mencken also gives as the name of a cocktail, was one of the first Japanese words to come into English, introduced shortly after tycoon in 1856. Hara-kiri is seldom used by the Japanese, who find it vul- gar and offensive, the proper term is seppuku.

词汇	hara-kiri
词源	hara-kiri. The word isn’t spelled harikiri or hari kari and doesn’t mean “happy dispatch,” as many people believe. Formed from the Japanese hara, “belly,” and kiri, “to cut,” hara-kiri liter- ally means “belly cutting.” It is, of course, the Japanese method of suicide by disemboweling, practiced especially when honor is lost, and is said to have been first turned to by Tametomo, brother of ex-Emperor Sutoku, in the 12th century, after he suf- fered a devastating military defeat. Hara kiri, which Mencken also gives as the name of a cocktail, was one of the first Japanese words to come into English, introduced shortly after tycoon in 1856. Hara-kiri is seldom used by the Japanese, who find it vul- gar and offensive, the proper term is seppuku.
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