仕置き

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).^[1]

Also the 連用形 (ren’yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of classical verb 仕置く (shioku, “to deal with, oversee, punish”).^[2]

First cited to a text from 1569.^[2]

• (Tokyo) しおき (Heiban – )^[3][4]
• IPA^(key):

仕(し)置(お)き • (shioki) 

1. a means of dealing with or disposing of something

   Synonyms: 始末 (shimatsu), 処置 (shochi)

2. 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. a punishment, possibly corporal or just scolding
5. 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. the construction of a thing, how something is made, how something is put together

   Synonyms: 製法 (seihō), 作り方 (tsukurikata)

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

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? 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