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
policeman's rope (used for restraining criminals)
being caught in one's own trap; being hoisted by one's own petard
leash; rope tied round prisoner's waists
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
Battle of Okinawa (April, 1945)
measure taken too late; measure taken in haste
ninja rope with grappling hook
Okinawan food; Okinawan cuisine
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
straw rope-patterned ancient Japanese pottery
criminal (bound by ropes); prisoner in bonds; being bound by ropes
policeman's rope (used for restraining criminals)
last minute; eleventh hour
skipping rope; jump rope; skipping; rope-jumping
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
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
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
crotch rope (in sexual bondage)
policeman's rope (used for restraining criminals)
straw-rope pattern pottery; Jomon ware
policeman's rope (used for restraining criminals)
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
Okinawa Reversion Agreement (1971); Agreement between Japan and the United States of America Concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
rope artist (in sexual bondage)
a level and inked string; norm; rule; standard
ninja rope with grappling hook
knotted cord or rope; quipu; quippu
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
Okinawa soba (thick noodles served in a pork soup)
rules and standards; norms; criteria
policeman's rope (used for restraining criminals)
Okinawan (language); Okinawan dialect
hangman's noose; halter; rope to hang a criminal
Okinawa Socialist Masses Party
Okinawan language; Okinawan dialect
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
slender rope that goes through the hole in a coin
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)