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。

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Mr Zuma is not known to be fond of hara-kiri.

众所周知，祖玛先生并不是个特别喜欢自己认罪道歉的人。

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

落败的武士总是采用切腹的死法。

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In fact, this tactic turns out to be more jujitsu than hara kiri, as he tries to use the force of his opponent's arguments against the attacker.

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The paper's origins lie in another satirical publication called Hara-Kiri which made a name for itself in the 1960s.

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At that rate, the fund would pay out its entire portfolio by 2014 or 2015 a kind of high-yield hara-kiri.

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