仕置き

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3

Grade: 4
jūbakoyomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of (shi, doing, stem of verb する suru “to do”) + 置き (oki, putting, placing, stem of verb 置く oku “to put, to place”). The character is an example of ateji.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

仕置き (hiragana しおき, rōmaji shioki)

  1. a means of dealing with or disposing of something
  2. control, command, the maintenance of order
  3. a penalty or judgment against
  4. punishment, possibly corporal, possibly just scolding
  5. execution (punishment by death)
  6. the garrisoning of a conquered or subjugated area
  7. the construction of a thing, how something is made, how something is put together

Synonyms

Derived terms

Verb

仕置きする (hiragana しおきする, rōmaji shioki suru)

  1. to deal with something, to dispose of something
  2. to control, to command, to maintain order
  3. to punish, to penalize
  4. to execute (to punish by killing)
    • Hissatsu-shiokinin (opening narration)
      のさばる (あく)をなんとする。 (てん) (さば)きは ()ってはおれぬ。この () (せい) ()もあてにはならぬ。 (やみ) (さば)いて () (おき)する。 () () () () () (ぶつ)
      Nosabaru aku o nan to suru. Ten no sabaki wa matte wa orenu. Kono yo no seigi mo ate ni wa naranu. Yami ni sabaite shioki suru. Namu Amida-butsu.
      (please add an English translation of this example)
  5. to garrison a conquered or subjugated area

Conjugation

Synonyms

  •  () () (shioku)

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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