縄文【じょうもん】
straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware, Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
縄張り【なわばり】
stretching a rope around, roping off, cordoning off, demarcation, one's turf, domain, territory, jurisdiction, sphere of influence, territory (of an animal)
縄【なわ】
rope, cord, policeman's rope
縄跳び【なわとび】
skipping rope, jump rope, skipping, rope-jumping