縄 - straw rope, cord

skipping rope; jump rope

straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware

stretching a rope around; roping off; cordoning off; demarcation

rope; cord

Okinawa (city, prefecture)

rope ladder

cable needle (knitting)

knot (in rope, etc.); bonds; fetters

State Minister in Charge of Issues of Okinawa and Northern Territories

not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means; very hard to manage

criminal (bound by ropes); prisoner in bonds

not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means; very hard to manage