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From: Rachel Cogent <cogent@GNTECH.NET>
> > Seppuku?
> Please translate.

Seppuku is an anchient Japanese suicide custom, still practiced
today, appropriate when one is judged dishonorable or to have
failed in some important pursuit that involves shame or loss of face.
One commits seppuku by knifing one's self in the abdomen.
Ouch!
Phaedra