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That's Hara kiri. If you're going to appropriate an antiquated foreign word out of context I wish you'd at least spell it properly.
by needle0 7y ago
That's Hara kiri. If you're going to appropriate an antiquated foreign word out of context I wish you'd at least spell it properly.
- dragonwriter 7y ago(1) it's a non-antiquated English word, etymologically linked to the antiquated foreign word (it entered English a long time ago.) (2) In English, both hari kari and hara kiri are accepted spellings (the word came into English before modern, maybe even standardized, transliteration, and the source language doesn't natively use the Latin alphabet.) (3) But, in any case, you are right that it is misspelled.
- angry_octet 7y agoThat's the spelling in my phone's dictionary. If I were writing about ancient Japanese cultural traditions I might have checked. I think Japanese people, being inveterate word-stealers, would understand.