縄 - straw rope, cord

Okinawa (city, prefecture)

straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware

skipping rope; jump rope

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

rope; cord

Okinawan time (i.e. a relaxed attitude to punctuality sometimes ascribed to Okinawans); island time

rope dart; rope javelin

leash; lead

Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts

Okinawa Christian University

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

policeman's rope (used for restraining criminals)