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jmdict 2846912 Active (id: 2083868)
扇腹
おうぎばら
1. [n] [hist]
▶ fan seppuku
▶ [expl] death penalty for samurai in which the condemned performs a symbolic disembowelment with a fan before being decapitated
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1385200 切腹 1. seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment



History:
8. A 2020-10-10 15:58:44  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daij, koj
  Comments:
Not vs.
  Diff:
@@ -12 +11,0 @@
-<pos>&vs;</pos>
7. A 2020-10-09 21:43:44  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
That works. Pitty it's longish.
6. A* 2020-10-09 14:29:36  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijr: 江戸時代の武士に対する刑罰の一。
  Comments:
"Themself" looks odd to me. I never see it formal writing (and rarely in informal writing). This is actually a penalty specifically for samurai so "himself" isn't wrong, but I suggest rewording it.
  Diff:
@@ -16 +16 @@
-<gloss g_type="expl">death penalty where the convict symbolically disembowels themself with a fan before being decapitated</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="expl">death penalty for samurai in which the condemned performs a symbolic disembowelment with a fan before being decapitated</gloss>
5. A* 2020-10-09 11:15:21  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
4. A 2020-10-09 10:55:44  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -16 +16 @@
-<gloss g_type="expl">death penalty where the convict symbolically disembowel themself with a fan before being decapitated</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="expl">death penalty where the convict symbolically disembowels themself with a fan before being decapitated</gloss>
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