仕置き

しおき

punishment (esp. spanking a child)

仕置

しおき

execution

仕置場

しおきば しおきじょう

execution ground

仕置者

しおきもの しおきしゃ

criminal

お仕事

おしごと

work; job; labor; labour; business; task; assignment; occupation; employment

お取り置き

おとりおき

layaway, lay-bye, layaway plan

置き

every...; every other...; at intervals of...; with... in between;... apart

お見知り置き

おみしりおき

pleased to make your acquaintance (formal phrase used on first meeting someone to encourage them to remember you)

お仕着せ

おしきせ

uniforms provided for workers (by the employer)

お仕舞い

おしまい

the end, closing, being done for

書き置き

かきおき

note (letter) left behind, will

置き引き

おきびき

walking away with another's bag, luggage theft, luggage thief

お役所仕事

おやくしょしごと

bureaucratic routine, red tape

置き字

おきじ

kanji left unpronounced when reading Chinese

箸置き

はしおき

chopstick rest

置き土

おきつち おきど

earth taken from elsewhere and placed atop

置き床

おきどこ おきゆか

portable dais used to create a removable tokonoma

髪置き

かみおき

ceremony of allowing the hair to grow at age three

置き傘

おきがさ

spare umbrella kept (at work) in the event of a sudden shower