Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware; Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
policeman's rope (used for restraining criminals)
being caught in one's own trap; being hoisted by one's own petard
straw rope-patterned ancient Japanese pottery
to be caught in one's own trap
straw-rope pattern pottery; Jomon ware
standard; inked timber marking string
a level and inked string; norm; rule; standard
knotted cord or rope; quipu; quippu
rules and standards; norms; criteria
hangman's noose; halter; rope to hang a criminal
pre-Jomon period (i.e. the preceramic period)
post-Jōmon period (mainly Hokkaido; 3rd to 7th century BC); epi-Jōmon period
knotted cords used to record figures, facts, etc.; quipu