縄

Meaning

縄 centers on a twisted or braided length of material used for binding or measuring: a rope or cord, especially one made of straw.

• 沖縄おきなわ
  N5

  Okinawa (city, prefecture)

• 縄なわ
  N3

  rope; cord

• 縄文じょうもん

  straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware

• 縄張りなわばり
  N1

  stretching a rope around; roping off; cordoning off; demarcation

• 一筋縄ひとすじなわ

  (piece of) rope

• 縄跳びなわとび

  skipping rope; jump rope

• 火縄銃ひなわじゅう

  matchlock; arquebus

• 沖縄電力おきなわでんりょく

  Okinawa Electric Power Co., Inc.; OEPC

• しめ縄しめなわ

  rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil

• 延縄はえなわ

  longline

• 縄手なわて

  footpath between rice fields

• 自縄自縛じじょうじばく

  being caught in one's own trap; being hoisted by one's own petard

• 腰縄こしなわ

  leash; rope tied round prisoner's waists

• お縄おなわ

  policeman's rope

• かぎ縄かぎなわ

  ninja rope with grappling hook

• 一筋縄でいかないひとすじなわでいかない

  not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means; very hard to manage

• 一筋縄ではいかないひとすじなわではいかない

  not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means; very hard to manage

• 先縄文時代せんじょうもんじだい

  pre-Jomon period (i.e. the preceramic period)

• 差し縄さしなわ

  halter (for restraining a horse, etc.)

• 延縄漁はえなわりょう

  longline fishing

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