n.切腹自殺

We learn of the honour of the vendetta and seppuku (belly-slitting suicide), and the shame of surrender. 人們?cè)谧雒恳患聲r(shí)都執(zhí)迷于準(zhǔn)時(shí)性、禮貌性、整潔性及絕對(duì)的嚴(yán)肅性，讓我感到驚詫。

"If I were Japanese I would commit seppuku, spilling my bowel into the jar of your ashes. " “如果我是日本人，我會(huì)切腹自殺，讓我的內(nèi)臟流進(jìn)你骨灰的罐子里。”

It has a tradition of self-killing, which in some forms, such as the ritualised seppuku(“ belly-cutting”) of the samurai, may still be deemed honourable, even noble. 日本的社會(huì)講究循規(guī)蹈矩，據(jù)說(shuō)對(duì)于那些與此格格不入的人而言，生活希望渺茫。

It has a tradition of self-killing, which in some forms, such as the ritualised seppuku (“belly-cutting”) of the samurai, may still be deemed honourable, even noble. 日本的社會(huì)講究循規(guī)蹈矩，據(jù)說(shuō)對(duì)于那些與此格格不入的人而言，生活希望渺茫。

Japanese citizen failed in his attempt to commit Seppuku, a form of ritual suicide by disembowelment, in front of the Houses of Parliament in Tokyo Monday after police foiled his bid. 17日，一名日本人來(lái)到東京的國(guó)會(huì)議事堂前，試圖用一把短刀剖腹自殺，在警員上前采取強(qiáng)制措施后，此人自殺未遂。