rope; cord; policeman's rope
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
skipping rope; jump rope; skipping; rope-jumping
to bind (a criminal) with rope; to arrest; to seize; to bind (something) with rope
Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
knot (in rope, etc.); bonds; arrest; rope impressions (on the surface of pottery)
straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware; Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
to bind (a criminal) with rope; to arrest; to seize; to bind (something) with rope
being caught in one's own trap; being hoisted by one's own petard
policeman's rope (used for restraining criminals)
leash; rope tied round prisoner's waists
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
Battle of Okinawa (April, 1945)
Okinawan food; Okinawan cuisine
measure taken too late; measure taken in haste
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
ninja rope with grappling hook
straw rope-patterned ancient Japanese pottery
policeman's rope (used for restraining criminals)
criminal (bound by ropes); prisoner in bonds; being bound by ropes
skipping rope; jump rope; skipping; rope-jumping
last minute; eleventh hour
lariat; lasso; slip noose
fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours
to be caught in one's own trap
fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours
crotch rope (in sexual bondage)
policeman's rope (used for restraining criminals)
policeman's rope (used for restraining criminals)
straw-rope pattern pottery; Jomon ware
standard; inked timber marking string
fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
Okinawa Reversion Agreement (1971); Agreement between Japan and the United States of America Concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands
rope artist (in sexual bondage)
a level and inked string; norm; rule; standard
ninja rope with grappling hook
knotted cord or rope; quipu; quippu
Okinawa soba (thick noodles served in a pork soup)
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
rules and standards; norms; criteria
policeman's rope (used for restraining criminals)
hangman's noose; halter; rope to hang a criminal
Okinawa Socialist Masses Party
Okinawan (language); Okinawan dialect
Okinawan language; Okinawan dialect
slender rope that goes through the hole in a coin
Okinawa soba (thick noodles served in a pork soup)
water shield (Brasenia schreberi)
lineage; pedigree; ancestry
State Minister in Charge of Issues of Okinawa and Northern Territories
State Minister in Charge of Issues of Okinawa and Northern Territories
pre-Jomon period (i.e. the preceramic period)
knotted cords used to record figures, facts, etc.; quipu
water yam (Dioscorea alata); winged yam; purple yam
post-Jōmon period (mainly Hokkaido; 3rd to 7th century BC); epi-Jōmon period
quipu; khipu; talking knots
1995 Okinawa rape incident; kidnapping and rape of a 12-year-old Japanese girl by three U.S. servicemen stationed in Okinawa
once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience; (lit.) to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake)
once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience; (lit.) to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake)
once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience; (lit.) to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake)
once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience; (lit.) to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake)
once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience; (lit.) to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake)
halter (for restraining a horse, etc.)
halter (for restraining a horse, etc.)
halter (for restraining a horse, etc.)
halter (for restraining a horse, etc.)
territorial behavior; territorial behaviour
starting something in the eleventh hour; have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain; don't lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen; braiding the rope only after the thief is caught
starting something in the eleventh hour; have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain; don't lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen; braiding the rope only after the thief is caught
charpai (woven bed); charpai bed; charpoy
island time (on Okinawa); relaxed attitude to punctuality
Okinawa flying fox (Pteropus loochoensis)
Muennink's spiny rat (Tokudaia muenninki); Okinawa spinous country-rat
Lindera communis (species of spicebush)