# 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

Compound of し (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 仕 character is an example of ateji (当て字).
Also the 連用形 (ren’yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of classical verb 仕置く (shioku, “to deal with, oversee, punish”).
First cited to a text from 1569.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しおき [shìókí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɕio̞kʲi]

### Noun

仕(し)置(お)き • (shioki)
* [from 1569] a means of dealing with or disposing of something
    Synonyms: 始末 (shimatsu), 処置 (shochi)
* [from 1569] a control or command (maintenance of order)
* [???] 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)
* [from mid-1700s] a punishment, possibly corporal or just scolding
* [from early 1700s] an execution (penalty by death)
    Synonyms: 死刑 (shikei), 始末 (shimatsu), 処刑 (shokei), 成敗 (seibai), 誅殺 (chūsatsu)
* [???] the garrisoning of a conquered or subjugated area
* [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

* 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))
* to deal with or dispose of something
    Synonyms: 扱う (atsukau), 始末する (shimatsu suru), 処置する (shochi suru)
* to control, command, maintain order
    Synonym: 取り締まる (torishimaru)
* 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)
* 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)
* 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 ||||

### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 “仕置”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ 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