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

• (Tokyo) しおき [shìókí] (Heiban – [0])^[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ɕio̞kʲi]

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

• 仕(し)置(お)き場(ば) (shiokiba)
• 仕(し)置(おき)者(しゃ) (shiokisha, “someone who deals with things; a punisher, an executioner”)
• 仕(し)置(おき)者(もの) (shiokimono, “the person being punished; the punisher or executioner”)
• 仕(し)置(おき)話(ばなし) (shiokibanashi, “a chat or casual conversation about government or local news and customs”)

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

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

Conjugation of "仕置きする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

References

1. “仕置”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN