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], prepares for her suicide.]]
The word {{nihongo|'''''jigai'''''|自害}} means "]" in ]. The usual modern word for suicide is {{Nihongo|''jisatsu''|自殺}}. Related words include {{Nihongo|''jiketsu''|自決}}, {{Nihongo|''jijin''|自尽}} and {{Nihongo|''jijin''|自刃}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/94273/m0u/%E8%87%AA%E5%AE%B3/|title=じがい 1 0 【自害】 - goo 辞書}}</ref>

==History==
Since women belonging to ] families did not have the right to perform ], they committed suicide by cutting the arteries with one stroke, using a dagger. It was called jigai.<ref>{{cite book|first=Louis|last=Frédéric|authorlink=Louis Frédéric|title=Japan Encyclopedia|year=2002|publisher=Harvard University Press|others=Translated by Kathe Roth|page=419}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Lafcadio|last=Hearn|authorlink=Lafcadio Hearn|title=Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation|year=2005|publisher=Cosimo Inc.|page=315}}</ref>

Before performing jigai, a woman would often tie her knees together so her body would be found in a dignified pose. The main purpose was to achieve a quick and certain death in order to avoid capture.<ref>{{cite book|first=Timothy|last=Hosey|title=Black Belt|chapter=Samurai Women|month=December|year=1980|publisher=Rainbow Publications|page=47}}</ref>

==Popular culture==
One of the famous jigai in popular culture is '']'', an opera by ].<ref>{{cite book|first=Jan Van|last=Rij|title=Madame Butterfly: Japonisme, Puccini, and the Search for the Real Cho-Cho-San|year=2001|publisher=Stone Bridge Press|page=71}}</ref>

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