矢柄

やがら

shaft of an arrow (usu. made of thin bamboo)

赤矢柄

あかやがら アカヤガラ

red cornetfish (Fistularia petimba)

青矢柄

あおやがら アオヤガラ

bluespotted cornetfish (Fistularia commersonii)

責め

せめ

persecution, blame, responsibility

水責め

みずぜめ

water torture

責める

せめる

to condemn, to blame, to criticize, to criticise, to reproach, to accuse

蛇責め

へびぜめ

torture in which the victim is bound and placed in a tub of snakes

火責め

ひぜめ

torture by fire

責め具

せめぐ

instrument of torture

俵責め

たわらぜめ

Edo-period form of torture in which criminals were stuffed into straw bags with their heads exposed, piled together, and whipped (commonly used on Christians)

現責め

うつつぜめ

sleep deprivation (as a form of torture)

責め苦

せめく

torture, pains (of hell)

責め道具

せめどうぐ

instruments of torture

責め苛む

せめさいなむ

to torture, to persecute, to excruciate

責め詰る

せめなじる

to question critically; to cross-examine

触手責め

しょくしゅぜめ

tentacle rape

海老責め

えびぜめ

Japanese bondage torture (bound victim sits cross-legged with their arms tied behind them, and the rope is tightened until their ankles touch their neck)

鉄砲責め

てっぽうぜめ

form of torture in which molten lead is poured over the victim's back

言葉責め

ことばぜめ

verbal abuse