Glossary

13 07 2018

Kuzushi nawa

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Japanese: 崩し縄 A term used to describe kinbaku designs that are "calculatedly unstudied", that is, deliberately and artfully unsymmetrical or even untidy. This term is taken from Japanese calligraphy (shodō [...]

13 07 2018

M-ji-kaikyaku shibari

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Japanese: M字開脚縛り M-Ji (M字): M-Shape Kaikyaku (開脚): Spread legs Shibari (縛り):  Tie A classic seated ankle to tied to thigh making the model resemble the letter M with the open [...]

13 07 2018

M-jō

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Japanese : M嬢 M: Pronounced "Emu", short for Masochist Jo (嬢): Woman This is the most widely accepted term in Japan today for the female captured in rope. Some just [...]

13 07 2018

M-ō

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Male m-jō.   See also: M-jō

28 03 2025

Ma

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Japanese: 間 Ma roughly translates to "gap", "space", "pauze" and relates to the Japanese concept of negative space. In it's simplest interpretation it's the "empty space" in any work of [...]

28 03 2025

Matazuri (股吊り)

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Japanese: また吊り Mata (また): Crotch Tsuri (吊り): Hanging A generalized term to describe a person being suspended from the crotch. To achieve this a crotch rope (matanawa) is used. See [...]

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