stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
skipping rope; jump rope; skipping; rope-jumping
measure taken too late; measure taken in haste
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
knot (in rope, etc.); bonds; arrest; rope impressions (on the surface of pottery)
policeman's rope (used for restraining criminals)
leash; rope tied round prisoner's waists
ninja rope with grappling hook
criminal (bound by ropes); prisoner in bonds; being bound by ropes
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
lariat; lasso; slip noose
crotch rope (in sexual bondage)
rope artist (in sexual bondage)
slender rope that goes through the hole in a coin
quipu; khipu; talking knots
charpai (woven bed); charpai bed; charpoy
lineage; pedigree; ancestry
halter (for restraining a horse, etc.)