Word | Reading | Meaning |
沖縄 | おきなわ | Okinawa (one of the Japanese Ryukyu islands) |
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 |
縄 | なわ | rope, hemp |
縄文 | じょうもん | Jomon period, straw-rope pattern |
縄張り | なわばり | roping off, stretching rope, demarcation, one's turf, domain, territory, sphere of influence |
一筋縄 | ひとすじなわ | (piece of) rope; ordinary method |
腰縄 | こしなわ | leash, rope tied round prisoner's waists |
しめ縄 | しめなわ | (shinto) rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil |
縄ばしご | なわばしご | rope ladder |
かぎ縄 | かぎなわ | ninja rope with grappling hook |