stretching a rope around;  roping off;  one's turf;  domain;  territory (of an animal)
 skipping rope;  jump rope;  skipping;  rope-jumping
 Okinawa (city, prefecture)
 rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
 policeman's rope (used for restraining criminals)
 to bind (a criminal) with rope;  to arrest;  to seize;  to bind (something) with rope
 ninja rope with grappling hook
 criminal (bound by ropes);  prisoner in bonds;  being bound by ropes
 (piece of) rope;  ordinary method
 leash;  rope tied round prisoner's waists
 knot (in rope, etc.);  bonds;  arrest;  rope impressions (on the surface of pottery)
 stretching a rope around;  roping off;  one's turf;  domain;  territory (of an animal)
 slender rope that goes through the hole in a coin
 measure taken too late;  measure taken in haste
 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
 lariat;  lasso;  slip noose
 crotch rope (in sexual bondage)
 rope artist (in sexual bondage)
 quipu;  khipu;  talking knots
 charpai (woven bed);  charpai bed;  charpoy
 lineage;  pedigree;  ancestry
 halter (for restraining a horse, etc.)