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- noun Alternative form of
hara-kiri . Considered to be incorrect.
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November 4th, 2005 at 3: 17 pm harikari. com » Blog Archive » What a Difference a Year Makes says:
Think Progress » Year in Review: What’s Happened Since Bush’s Reelection 2005
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Somewhere in a cheap hotel room in Japan, a petite young woman stands poised with the tip of a sword pushing ever so slightly against her belly, ready to commit harikari over this misfortune.
unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2003
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In his veneration for constituted authority I can comprehend something of the Jap's banzais to the Mikado before he commits harikari.
The Masques of Ottawa Domino
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A man does not look like that unless he has thought of harikari.
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As I understand it the difference between seppuku and harikari is the intent beh ...
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Look at how the Democratic leadership committed harikari in the 1980s rather than support Jesse Jackson’s economic fairness platform. kafka Says:
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Anybody who’s giddy about the Dems apparently committing political harikari with this legislation are badly missing the point.
The Accelerating Political Failure of ObamaCare - Dan_Perrin’s blog - RedState 2009
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He was still looking for a way “to fight so gallantly that one’s name goes down in history and commit harikari when nothing is left to one.”
Sea of Thunder Evan Thomas 2006
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He was still looking for a way “to fight so gallantly that one’s name goes down in history and commit harikari when nothing is left to one.”
Sea of Thunder Evan Thomas 2006
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