Translated to "Stomach Cutting," seppuku is a form of suicide. Another name is Harakiri. It was for samurai. First, the man would cut his stomach, before letting someone else, usually his friend or master, would partially of fully cut his head off. Seppuku was usually committed when the samurai had disgraced his family or master by deserting a battle or surviving a lost battle. So, take Fred and Joe. Fred is extremely loyal to Joe. So one day, Joe went to battle with Phil. Phil and Joe lost. Phil died, and Joe survived. Joe then realized what he had done, and cut his stomach open before having Phil lop his head off. I'm not going to put pictures.
-Jake
-Jake