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JLPT N3 · Noun

縄 (nawa)

縄 (なわ, nawa) is a Japanese noun meaning “rope; cord”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
なわ
Romaji
nawa
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. rope; cord · noun
  2. policeman's rope · noun · usu. as お〜

Example sentences

彼は縄で木に縛り付けられた。
He was tied to the tree with a rope.
Tatoeba #101557

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 縄

縄
straw rope, cordジョウ・なわ・ただ.す · 15 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1459830 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.