Meanings

Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)

criminal (bound by ropes)

slipping one's bonds

turf war

straw rope-patterned ancient Japanese pottery

rope curtain

leash

standard

longline fishing

straw-rope pattern pottery

longline

knot (in rope, etc.)

cord

State Minister in Charge of Issues of Okinawa and Northern Territories

not straightforward

ninja rope with grappling hook

Battle of Okinawa (April, 1945)

Okinawan language

pre-Jomon period (i.e. the preceramic period)

Okinawa Prefecture