| 一筋縄 | ひとすじなわ
| (n) a (piece of) rope/ordinary
means/ |
| 延縄漁 | はえなわりょう
| longline fishing/ |
| 沖縄 | おきなわ
| one of the Japanese islands, far south of
Honshu/ |
| 沖縄開発庁長官 | おきなわかいはつちょう
ちょうかん | Director General of Okinawa Development
Agency/ |
| 沖縄県 | おきなわけん
| prefecture including Okinawa
island/ |
| 火縄 | ひなわ | (n) a fuse/ |
| 火縄銃 | ひなわじゅう
| (n) matchlock/arquebus/ |
| 荷縄 | になわ
| (n) packing cord/ |
| 結縄 | けつじょう
| (n) knotted cord or rope/ |
| 荒縄 | あらなわ
| (n) straw rope/ |
| 腰縄 | こしなわ
| (n) leash/rope tied round prisoner's
waists/ |
| 自縄自縛 | じじょうじばく | (n) be caught in one's own trap/ |
| 自縄自縛に陥る | じじょうじばくにおちいる | (v5) to be caught in one's own trap/(P)/ |
| 七五三縄 | しめなわ
| (n) sacred shrine rope/ |
| 準縄 | じゅんじょう
| (n) a level and inked
string/norm/rule/standard/ |
| 切り縄 | きりなわ | piece of rope cut for a certain purpose/ |
| 切れた縄 | きれたなわ
| broken rope/ |
| 粗縄 | あらなわ
| (n) straw rope/ |
| 注連縄 | しめなわ | (n) sacred shrine rope/ |
| 泥縄 | どろなわ
| (n) braiding the rope only after the thief is
caught/measure taken in haste or too late/ |
| 泥縄式 | どろなわしき | last-minute/eleventh-hour/ |
| 投げ縄 | なげなわ
| (n) a lasso/ |
| 捕り縄 | とりなわ
| (n) rope for tying criminals/ |
| 捕縄 | ほじょう
| (n) police-man's rope/ |
| 墨縄 | すみなわ
| inked marking string/ |
| 麻縄 | あさなわ
| (n) hemp rope/ |
Japanese - English dictionary courtesy of Jim Breen.
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