繩

rope / CL:根[gen1]

"silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 紅|红[hong2], 綠|绿[lü4], 累[lei4] etc / also pr. [mi4]

toad

to strive

to punish according to the law / to bring to justice

Okinawa, Japan

Okinawa Island

yardstick / fig. criterion / ground rule

Okinawa prefecture, Japan

string / cotton rope

to twist (strands) together to form a rope / (fig.) to unite; to work together

clothesline

clothesline

rope of palm fiber / coir (coconut fiber)

the Okinawa archipelago

tow rope

string / twine / cord

lit. carpenter's straight line marker / same as 墨斗 / fig. rules / rules and regulations

bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy

once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope / once bitten, twice shy (idiom)

see 一條繩上的螞蚱|一条绳上的蚂蚱[yi1 tiao2 sheng2 shang4 de5 ma4 zha5]

lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom) / fig. people who are in it together for better or worse / people who will sink or swim together

sling

a lasso