Japanese

Alternative forms

• 仕置

Noun

仕置き ‎(hiragana しおき, romaji 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

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Verb

仕置きする ‎(hiragana しおきする, romaji 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)
5. to garrison a conquered or subjugated area

Conjugation

Related terms

• 仕置 (しお)く ‎(shioku)

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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 978-4-14-011112-3