1.
preparation, mise en place
Advance preparation of ingredients or materials, especially in cooking and food service.
2.
training, teaching
Teaching or training someone, especially in traditional crafts or skills.
Common collocations
- 仕込みをする: to do prep work
- 仕込み中: preparation in progress (a sign on a restaurant door before opening)
- 仕込み時間: prep time
- 酒の仕込み: preparing the ingredients for brewing sake (winter work in a brewery)
Usage
Sense 2 is mostly about apprenticeships in crafts and traditional arts. As a suffix it names where a skill was learned: 本場仕込みの英語 (English learned in an English-speaking country).