仕置き場

Japanese

Kanji in this term
仕	置	場
し Grade: 3	お Grade: 4	ば Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• 仕置場

Etymology

Compound of 仕置き (shioki, “execution, punishment”) +‎ 場 (ba, “place, ground”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しおきば [shìókíbá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕio̞kʲiba̠]

Noun

仕(し)置(お)き場(ば) • (shiokiba) 

1. an execution ground, a place of death penalty

Idioms

• 仕置(しお)き場(ば)の巾着切(きんちゃくき)り (shiokiba no kinchakukiri): “a cutpurse at an execution ground” → a metaphor that there are bad people no matter where you go, or used as a description of a person's character to state that they would continue bad behavior even to extremes

Synonyms

• 刑場(けいじょう) (keijō)