Meanings

water shield (Brasenia schreberi)

cable needle (knitting)

cable stitch

Okinawa Socialist Masses Party

knotted cords used to record figures, facts, etc.

footpath between rice fields

not straightforward

water yam (Dioscorea alata)

policeman's rope

Okinawa soba (thick noodles served in a pork soup)

post-Jōmon period (mainly Hokkaido; 3rd to 7th century BCE)

quipu

Okinawan food

Okinawan tofu

1995 Okinawa rape incident

Okinawan studies

Okinawa Reversion Agreement (1971)

halter (for restraining a horse, etc.)

fortune and misfortune are intertwined

Jōmon people