仕置き

Japanese
Kanji in this term
仕 置
し
Grade: 3
(ateji)		 お
Grade: 4
kan’on kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
仕置

Etymology

The 連用形 (ren’yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of classical verb 仕置く (shioku, “to deal with, oversee, punish”).[1]

First cited to a text from 1569.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

仕(し)置(お)き • (shioki) 

  1. [from 1569] a means of dealing with or disposing of something
    Synonyms: 始末 (shimatsu), 処置 (shochi)
  2. [from 1569] a control or command (maintenance of order)
  3. [???] a legal or private penalty
    Synonyms: 懲らしめ (korashime), 処罰 (shobatsu), 処分 (shobun), 成敗 (seibai), 懲罰 (chōbatsu), 膺懲 (yōchō)
  4. [from mid-1700s] a punishment, possibly corporal or just scolding
  5. [from early 1700s] an execution (penalty by death)
    Synonyms: 死刑 (shikei), 始末 (shimatsu), 処刑 (shokei), 成敗 (seibai), 誅殺 (chūsatsu)
  6. [???] the garrisoning of a conquered or subjugated area
  7. [from 1688] the construction of a thing, how something is made, how something is put together
    Synonyms: 製法 (seihō), 作り方 (tsukurikata)

Usage notes

Generally, this word is often used with the honorific prefix 御 (o-), as お仕置き (o-shioki).

Derived terms
Derived terms

Verb

仕(し)置(お)きする • (shioki suru) suru (stem 仕(し)置(お)きし (shioki shi), past 仕(し)置(お)きした (shioki shita))

  1. to deal with or dispose of something
    Synonyms: 扱う (atsukau), 始末する (shimatsu suru), 処置する (shochi suru)
  2. to control, command, maintain order
    Synonym: 取り締まる (torishimaru)
  3. to punish, penalize
    Synonyms: 懲らしめる (korashimeru), 処罰する (shobatsu suru), 処分する (shobun suru), 成敗する (seibai suru), 懲罰する (chōbatsu suru), 膺懲する (yōchō suru)
  4. to execute (punish by killing)
    • 1973, Sure-kill Executioners (opening narration)
      のさばる悪(あく)をなんとする。天(てん)の裁(さば)きは待(ま)ってはおれぬ。この世(よ)の正(せい)義(ぎ)もあてにはならぬ。闇(やみ)に裁(さば)いて仕(し)置(おき)する。南(な)無(む)阿(あ)弥(み)陀(だ)仏(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.
      What can you do against senseless evil? Can’t wait for the judgement of heaven? Can’t rely on justice in this world? [We will] judge them in the dark to do this. Namo Amitābhaya-buddhāya.
    Synonyms: 始末する (shimatsu suru), 処刑する (shokei suru), 成敗する (seibai suru), 誅殺する (chūsatsu suru)
  5. to garrison a conquered or subjugated area

Conjugation
Conjugation of "仕置きする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 仕置きし しおきし shioki shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 仕置きし しおきし shioki shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 仕置きする しおきする shioki suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 仕置きする しおきする shioki suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 仕置きすれ しおきすれ shioki sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 仕置きせよ¹
仕置きしろ²		 しおきせよ¹
しおきしろ²		 shioki seyo¹
shioki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 仕置きされる しおきされる shioki sareru
Causative 仕置きさせる
仕置きさす		 しおきさせる
しおきさす		 shioki saseru
shioki sasu
Potential 仕置きできる しおきできる shioki dekiru
Volitional 仕置きしよう しおきしよう shioki shiyō
Negative 仕置きしない しおきしない shioki shinai
Negative continuative 仕置きせず しおきせず shioki sezu
Formal 仕置きします しおきします shioki shimasu
Perfective 仕置きした しおきした shioki shita
Conjunctive 仕置きして しおきして shioki shite
Hypothetical conditional 仕置きすれば しおきすれば shioki sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References
  1. “仕置”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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