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hara-kiri

How many syllables in hara-kiri?

  4 syllables

Divide hara-kiri into syllables:   ha-ra-ki-ri
Primary syllable stress:   ha-ra-ki-ri
Secondary syllable stress:   ha-ra-ki-ri
How to say hara-kiri:

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