So strict was this injunction that even in the case of renovating a garment which carried the kiku-kiri crest by permission, the badge might not be repeated on the restored garment.
Hara-kiri was of two kinds, obligatory and voluntary.
Hara-kiri has not been uncommon among women, but in their case the mode is by cutting the throat.
Voluntary hara-kiri was the refuge of men rendered desperate by private misfortunes, or was committed from loyalty to a dead superior, or as a protest against what was deemed a false national policy.
And if any incredulity in the matter be expressed they will triumphantly point to the recurrence of hara-kiri among the soldiers and sailors in the late war.
For example, the chrysanthemum figures in the imperial standard, and the Kiri "Mon" adorns the harness of the emperor's horses.
The imperial family use two, the one Kiku no go Mon (the august chrysanthemum crest) andKiri no go Mon (the august Kiri crest).
The second imperial "Mon" is composed of three leaves and three flower spikes of the Kiri (Paulownia imperialis).
To refuse the hara-kiri to one of the noblest among the sovereign princes of Japan!
He was attending a lesson in hara-kiri taken by his young son.
This kiri is made of wood or rhinoceros horn, and varies from a foot to a yard in length, having at one end a knob as large as a hen's egg.
They captured smaller game and birds, but were not as skillful as the young people of Zulu and Bechuana land, where the kiri weapon is handled with so much skill.
And like every action of this enigmatical people, hara-kiri and supuku became in time a ceremony, in which every detail of the proceedings was carefully formulated.
To realize the pagan standpoint of hara-kiri I will quote the following lines of the Japanese author.
Amanogawa Kiri tachi-watari Hikoboshi no Kaji no 'to kikoyu Yo no fuké-yukéba.
It was with this short sword that the famous hara-kiri was committed.
He was one of the first to raise his voice against hara-kiri and in his code of morals he says: "To complete the natural span of life is to discharge a duty incumbent on man.
Coffee was quite right, for the General had started off in this direction, assegai in hand, and a kiri in his skin belt, partly to see what hunting capabilities the land possessed, partly to try and obtain a few birds or a small gazelle.
This was not enough for Chicory, who drew his kiri out of his waistband, and threw it heavily at the reptile.
Coffee and Chicory, kiri in hand, were sliding down the rocky face of the precipice, to cross a narrow chasm below, bent upon finishing the monstrous bird's struggles with the kiris they grasped in their hands.
Others committed hara-kiri with knives, or killed themselves with grenades.
After giving orders for one last fanatical banzai charge, he decided to commit hara-kiri in his cave.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "kiri" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
