規矩準縄

きくじゅんじょう

rules and standards, norms, criteria

縄

なわ

rope, cord

延縄

はえなわ

longline

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

縄墨

じょうぼく なわすみ

standard, inked timber marking string

緡縄

さしなわ

slender rope that goes through the hole in a coin

股縄

またなわ

crotch rope (in sexual bondage)