Punishment - Punishment

Japanese: 御仕置 - おしおき

〘 noun 〙 ("o" is a prefix)① In the Edo period, it refers to punishment. ※Haiku, Inukoshu (1633), vol. 14 "Your punishment reaches all the way to the fourth sea, the inkstone I use to write is on the left and right, front and back (Tei-toku)"② Specifically, the death penalty. ※Ooka Mondo (late Edo period), Echigoden Yoshinoden "Even if I am punished by the Imperial Court (omitted) as long as my name is cleared"③ Punishment for mischief or negligence. ※Those Who Water the Earth (1976), Sono Ayako, vol. 5 "A Muslim did something bad, so I made him eat pork as punishment."④ A big job. A difficult job. ※Comedic book, Jinshin-zo-kikan, part 2 (1848), part 2 "Is this punishment worse than the peasant's sowing?"

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (「お」は接頭語)① 江戸時代、刑罰をいう。※俳諧・犬子集（1633）一四「四の海迄君のお仕置書出の硯は左右前後〈貞徳〉」② 特に、死刑。※大岡政談（江戸末）越後伝吉之伝「一旦我は御所刑(オシオキ)になるとも〈略〉我が汚名雪ぎ呉れなば」③ いたずらをしたり、過失を犯したりした時、受ける罰。※地を潤すもの（1976）〈曾野綾子〉五「回教徒が悪いことをしたので、おしおきに豚肉を食べさせた」④ 大仕事。大変な仕事。※滑稽本・人心覗機関後編（1848）下「百姓の種蒔よりやアおしおきだけれど」

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