Seppuku is defined as cutting the belly.
Seppuku -LRB-  , `` cutting -LSB- the -RSB- abdomen/belly '' , formal on reading of original Kanji -RRB- , sometimes metathesized as harakiri -LRB-  , `` abdomen/belly cutting '' -RRB- which is a native Japanese kun reading , is a form of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment .	on reading	Kanji#Readings	Kanji	Kanji	metathesized	Metathesis (linguistics)	kun reading	Kanji#Readings	suicide	suicide	disembowelment	disembowelment
