Moto 縄: Straw Rope; CordKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ジョウ
- Kun'yomi
- なわ、ただ(す)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, grade 4
- Words
- 113 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ジョウ)
- 縄文じょうもんstraw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware
- 先縄文時代せんじょうもんじだいpre-Jomon period (i.e. the preceramic period)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 沖縄おきなわOkinawa (city, prefecture)
- 縄張りなわばりstretching a rope around; roping off
- 縄なわrope; cord
- 一筋縄ひとすじなわ(piece of) rope
- 火縄銃ひなわじゅうmatchlock; arquebus
- 縄跳びなわとびskipping rope; jump rope
- 腰縄こしなわleash; rope tied round prisoner's waists
- お縄おなわpoliceman's rope
- かぎ縄かぎなわninja rope with grappling hook
- しめ縄しめなわrope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
- はえ縄はえなわlongline
- 一筋縄でいかないひとすじなわでいかないnot straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
- 一筋縄ではいかないひとすじなわではいかないnot straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
- 一筋縄では行かないひとすじなわではいかないnot straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
- 一筋縄で行かないひとすじなわでいかないnot straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
- 切り縄きりなわpiece of rope cut for a certain purpose
- 取り縄とりなわpoliceman's rope (used for restraining criminals)
- 取縄とりなわpoliceman's rope (used for restraining criminals)
- 墨縄すみなわinked marking string
- 差し縄さしなわhalter (for restraining a horse, etc.)
- 御縄おなわpoliceman's rope
- 投げ縄なげなわlasso; lariat
- 指し縄さしなわhalter (for restraining a horse, etc.)
- 捕り縄とりなわpoliceman's rope (used for restraining criminals)
- 沖縄そばおきなわそばOkinawa soba (thick noodles served in a pork soup)
- 沖縄学おきなわがくOkinawan studies
- 沖縄山芋おきなわやまいもwater yam (Dioscorea alata); winged yam
- 沖縄戦おきなわせんBattle of Okinawa (April, 1945)
- 沖縄料理おきなわりょうりOkinawan food; Okinawan cuisine
- 沖縄方言おきなわほうげんOkinawan (language); Okinawan dialect
- 沖縄棘鼠おきなわとげねずみMuennink's spiny rat (Tokudaia muenninki); Okinawa spinous country-rat
- 沖縄県おきなわけんOkinawa prefecture
- 沖縄社会大衆党おきなわしゃかいたいしゅうとうOkinawa Socialist Masses Party
- 沖縄米兵少女暴行事件おきなわべいへいしょうじょぼうこうじけん1995 Okinawa rape incident; kidnapping and rape of a 12-year-old Japanese girl by three U.S. servicemen stationed in Okinawa
- 沖縄語おきなわごOkinawan (language)
- 沖縄豆腐おきなわどうふOkinawan tofu
- 沖縄返還協定おきなわへんかんきょうていOkinawa Reversion Agreement (1971); Agreement between Japan and the United States of America Concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands
- 沖縄香ばしおきなわこうばしLindera communis (species of spicebush)
- 泥棒を捕らえて縄をなうどろぼうをとらえてなわをなうstarting something in the eleventh hour; have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain
- 泥棒を捕らえて縄を綯うどろぼうをとらえてなわをなうstarting something in the eleventh hour; have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain
- 泥縄どろなわmeasure taken too late; measure taken in haste
- 泥縄式どろなわしきlast minute; eleventh hour
Other readings
- 七五三縄しめなわrope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
- 差縄さしなわhalter (for restraining a horse, etc.)
- 延縄はえなわlongline
- 延縄漁はえなわりょうlongline fishing
- 投縄なげなわlasso; lariat
- 指縄さしなわhalter (for restraining a horse, etc.)
- 捕縄とりなわpoliceman's rope (used for restraining criminals)
- 標縄しめなわrope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
- 沖縄タイムうちなあタイムisland time (on Okinawa); relaxed attitude to punctuality
- 沖縄・北方対策担当大臣おきなわほっぽうたいさくたんとうだいじんState Minister in Charge of Issues of Okinawa and Northern Territories
- 沖縄北方対策担当大臣おきなわほっぽうたいさくたんとうだいじんState Minister in Charge of Issues of Okinawa and Northern Territories
- 沖縄口うちなあぐちOkinawan language; Okinawan dialect
- 沖縄大和口ウチナーヤマトグチOkinawan Japanese
- 沖縄大蝙蝠おきなわおおこうもりOkinawa flying fox (Pteropus loochoensis)
- 沖縄蕎麦おきなわそばOkinawa soba (thick noodles served in a pork soup)
- 沼縄ぬなわwater shield (Brasenia schreberi)
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