淡路

Awaji (former province located on Awaji Island in present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)

結び

むすび

join, union, connecting

淡路大震災

あわじだいしんさい

Great Kobe earthquake of 1995 (the epicenter was located on Awaji island)

片結び

かたむすび

half-hitch, half knot, slipknot

女結び

おんなむすび

double knot, granny knot

本結び

ほんむすび

square knot

兎結び

うさぎむすび

loop knot

縦結び

たてむすび

vertical or granny knot

結び文

むすびぶみ

knotted letter

二結び

ふたむすび にむすび

two half hitches

男結び

おとこむすび

square knot, reef knot, male style of knot, granny knot

花結び

はなむすび

rosette

玉結び

たまむすび

thread knot (end of the thread tied up to a knot)

縁結び

えんむすび

marriage, marriage tie, love knot

結び方

むすびかた

way of tying a knot

鮑結び

あわびむすび

var. of knot often used to tie mizu-hiki

指結び

ゆびむすび

possum, phalanger

宝結び

たからむすび

endless knot; treasure knot

結び目

むすびめ

knot