The sacred rope at the shrine marks a holy area.
policeman's rope; binding rope (used by police)
Historical or dramatic term for a rope used to bind criminals, usually in the polite form お縄. Often appears in period pieces or idiomatic expressions like お縄になる (to be arrested).
See also: お縄
泥棒はすぐにお縄になった。
The thief was quickly arrested (bound by the policeman's rope).
We tied up the luggage with rope and loaded it onto the truck.
The criminal was finally arrested.
They put up a rope around the construction site to keep people out.
sacred Shinto rope; shimenawa
longline; longline fishing
footpath between rice fields
policeman's rope; arresting rope · arrest; apprehension
rope for holding up a flag or curtain · lead rope for a horse · rope for binding a criminal · rope for controlling a sail's angle on a traditional Japanese boat
water shield (Brasenia schreberi)
last-minute measure; too-late action
matchlock fuse; slow-burning cord
lineage; pedigree; ancestry
thin rope; cord
coin string; string for threading coins
end of a rope
rope artist (in sexual bondage)