rope; cord; policeman's rope
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means; very hard to manage
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
policeman's rope; arresting (a criminal)
skipping rope; jump rope; skipping; rope-jumping
Battle of Okinawa (April, 1945)
Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
to bind (a criminal) with rope; to arrest; to seize; to bind (something) with rope
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware; Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
knot (in rope, etc.); bonds; arrest; rope impressions (on the surface of pottery)
Okinawa Electric Power Co., Inc.; OEPC
slipping one's bonds; escaping; flight
being caught in one's own trap; being hoisted by one's own petard
to bind (a criminal) with rope; to arrest; to seize; to bind (something) with rope
leash; rope tied round prisoner's waists
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means; very hard to manage
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
policeman's rope (used for restraining criminals)
Okinawan food; Okinawan cuisine
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means; very hard to manage
measure taken too late; measure taken in haste
ninja rope with grappling hook
straw rope-patterned ancient Japanese pottery
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
Okinawa International University; OIU
criminal (bound by ropes); prisoner in bonds; being bound by ropes
policeman's rope (used for restraining criminals)
policeman's rope (used for restraining criminals)
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University; OIST
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means; very hard to manage
Okinawa Prefectural Police (abbr)
skipping rope; jump rope; skipping; rope-jumping
last-minute; eleventh-hour
Okinawa Socialist Masses Party
footpath between rice fields
rope holding up a flag or curtain; lead rope (for a horse); rope used to bind a criminal; rope used to control the angle of a sail (on a traditional Japanese boat)
lariat; lasso; slip noose
disgrace of being captured and bound as a criminal
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
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
Okinawa Reversion Agreement (1971); Agreement between Japan and the United States of America Concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands
to be caught in one's own trap
Okinawa soba (thick noodles served in a pork soup)
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
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means; very hard to manage
Okinawa Development Finance Corporation; ODFC
straw-rope pattern pottery; Jomon ware
policeman's rope (used for restraining criminals)
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
crotch rope (in sexual bondage)
standard; inked timber marking string
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
skipping rope; jump rope; skipping; rope-jumping
Okinawa Development Agency (1972-2001)
rope artist (in sexual bondage)
a level and inked string; norm; rule; standard
ninja rope with grappling hook
Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts
Okinawan (language); Okinawan dialect
knotted cord or rope; quipu; quippu
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means; very hard to manage
rules and standards; norms; criteria
Okinawan time (i.e. a relaxed attitude to punctuality sometimes ascribed to Okinawans); island time
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
post-Jōmon period (mainly Hokkaido; 3rd to 7th century BCE); epi-Jōmon period
policeman's rope (used for restraining criminals)
policeman's rope; arresting (a criminal)
hangman's noose; halter; rope to hang a criminal
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
Okinawa soba (thick noodles served in a pork soup)
Okinawan language; Okinawan dialect
Muennink's spiny rat (Tokudaia muenninki); Okinawa spinous country-rat
water shield (Brasenia schreberi)
slender rope that goes through the hole in a coin
Okinawa flying fox (Pteropus loochoensis)
lineage; pedigree; ancestry
State Minister in Charge of Issues of Okinawa and Northern Territories
State Minister in Charge of Issues of Okinawa and Northern Territories
pre-Jomon period (i.e. the preceramic period)
knotted cords used to record figures, facts, etc.; quipu
water yam (Dioscorea alata); winged yam; purple yam
quipu; khipu; talking knots
1995 Okinawa rape incident; kidnapping and rape of a 12-year-old Japanese girl by three US servicemen stationed in Okinawa
once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience; (lit.) to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake)
once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience; (lit.) to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake)
once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience; (lit.) to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake)
once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience; (lit.) to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake)
once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience; (lit.) to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake)
halter (for restraining a horse, etc.)
halter (for restraining a horse, etc.)
halter (for restraining a horse, etc.)
halter (for restraining a horse, etc.)
territorial behavior; territorial behaviour
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
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
charpai (woven bed); charpai bed; charpoy
Okinawan time (i.e. a relaxed attitude to punctuality sometimes ascribed to Okinawans); island time
Okinawa Television Broadcasting Corporation
Okinawa Prefectural Urasoe School of Nursing
Okinawa Prefectural College of Nursing
Okinawa Women's Junior College
Okinawa Office of Telecommunications
Okinawa Christian University
Okinawa Urban Monorail; Yui Rail
Lindera communis (species of spicebush)