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13 07 2018

Muda (nawa)

By |2025-03-28T16:12:18+01:0013th July 2018|0 Comments

Japanese: 無駄, むだ (縄) Muda (無駄, むだ): roughly means "useless", "pointless". Nawa (縄): rope Mudanawa can refer to decorative rope. For example the “burning”  your “left over” rope to create [...]

13 07 2018

Mune nawa

By |2026-10-08T21:02:07+02:0013th July 2018|0 Comments

Japanese rope terminology Mune nawa (胸縄) Mune nawa (胸縄), also written munenawa, means “chest rope.” In kinbaku and shibari, it describes rope applied to the chest or a [...]

6 08 2018

Musubime

By |2025-03-28T16:19:38+01:006th August 2018|0 Comments

Japanese: 結び目 Knot See also: Hon musubi  

13 07 2018

Nawa (縄)

By |2026-10-08T11:07:56+02:0013th July 2018|0 Comments

Japanese rope terminology Nawa (縄) Nawa (縄) is the Japanese word for rope. It is a basic term that appears throughout Japanese rope vocabulary and in many [...]

13 07 2018

Nawa ato

By |2025-03-28T16:45:01+01:0013th July 2018|0 Comments

Japanese: 縄痕 Nawa (縄): Rope Ato (痕): Marks The Japanese characters "绳之痕" read "nawaato". Nawaato translates to the actual marks that can be left on the skin by rope; rope [...]

2 03 2025

Nawa gashira (bight)

By |2025-03-02T10:25:10+01:002nd March 2025|0 Comments

The bight of the rope, generally created in the center of the rope by doubling to Japanese: 縄頭 Nawa (縄): Rope Gashira (頭): Head

13 07 2018

Nawa kai

By |2025-03-28T16:47:40+01:0013th July 2018|0 Comments

Japanese: 縄会 Nawa (縄): Rope Kai (縄会): Meeting A rope meeting where one or more kinbakushi's perform. See also: Kinbakushi.

13 07 2018

Nawa shibari

By |2018-07-13T22:59:20+02:0013th July 2018|0 Comments

Japanese: 縄縛り Rope-tying with a rope, (an incorrect) "made-up" term, does not exist in Japanese.

13 07 2018

Nawa yoi

By |2025-03-28T16:49:35+01:0013th July 2018|0 Comments

Japanese: 縄酔い Nawa (縄): Rope Yoi (酔い): Drunk Literally "rope drunk".

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