Glossary

16 07 2018

Sarugutsuwa

By |2025-03-30T10:24:38+02:0016th July 2018|0 Comments

Japanese: 猿轡 The word used for "gag". A traditional gag is made from a tenugui. A gag made of rope could be a nawagutsuwa (縄轡) See also: Tenugui.

20 07 2020

Seiza

By |2025-03-01T10:37:27+01:0020th July 2020|0 Comments

Japanese: 正座  English: "sitting with a correct posture". Seiza is the formal way to sit in Japan. In a historical context, the correct posture is defined to have neatly-folded legs and [...]

30 03 2025

Seme

By |2025-03-30T10:38:17+02:0030th March 2025|0 Comments

Japanese: 責め To the best of my current knowledge and probably over simplified; generally this comes from martial arts where "seme" is the attacker and "uke" being the one attacked. [...]

16 07 2018

Semenawa

By |2025-03-30T10:29:46+02:0016th July 2018|0 Comments

Japanese: 責め縄 Seme (責め): See "Seme" Nawa (縄):  rope Torture bondage / Torture rope Semenawa is closely related to kinbaku ("tight binding"), one hardly exists without the other. We have [...]

16 07 2018

Sensei

By |2020-07-22T15:47:28+02:0016th July 2018|0 Comments

Japanese: 先生 Teacher, Master, Doctor; he who has gone before. While teaching RopeMarks ryū RopeMarks is the sensei. Keywords: rope marks

16 07 2018

Shibari

By |2025-03-30T10:43:04+02:0016th July 2018|0 Comments

Japanese: 縛り Fabric weaving; Tying ("things"); The action of tying someone up Shibari literally means "to tie decoratively". The term came into common use in the West at some point in [...]

16 07 2018

Shibari Sensei

By |2018-07-16T08:42:14+02:0016th July 2018|0 Comments

A term invented in the western world to describe a Oriental rope master/artist.

16 07 2018

Shibaritai

By |2025-03-30T10:45:21+02:0016th July 2018|0 Comments

Japanese: 縛りたい A top indicating his/her desire for bondage action. See also: Shibarite

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