NounOkinawa (city, prefecture)

Nounstraw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware · Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)

Nounskipping rope; jump rope · skipping; rope-jumping

Nounstretching a rope around; roping off; cordoning off; demarcation · one's turf; domain; territory; jurisdiction; sphere of influence · territory (of an animal)

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), I-adjective (keiyoushi)not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means; very hard to manage