延縄

はえなわ

longline

縄

なわ

rope, cord

漁

りょう

fishing, gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed)

漁網/漁具

ぎょもう/ぎょぐ

Fishing net/fishing gear

荷縄

になわ

packing cord

捕縄

ほじょう

police-man's rope

沖縄

おきなわ

Okinawa (prefecture), region comprising most of Japan's southwestern archipelago (esp. Okinawa Island)

細縄

ほそなわ

cord

泥縄

どろなわ

braiding the rope only after the thief is caught, measure taken in haste or too late

火縄

ひなわ

fuse, cord

荒縄

あらなわ

straw rope

縄文

じょうもん

Jomon period, straw-rope pattern

麻縄

あさなわ

hemp rope

縄尻

なわじり

end of a rope

沼縄

ぬなわ

water shield (Brasenia schreberi)

結縄

けつじょう

knotted cord or rope

筋縄

すじなわ

lineage; pedigree; ancestry

準縄

じゅんじょう

a level and inked string, norm, rule, standard

縄墨

じょうぼく なわすみ

standard, inked timber marking string