縄なわ張ばり

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun

roping off; cordon; demarcation

The act of stretching a rope to mark a boundary or the resulting marked-off area. Often used literally for construction sites, crime scenes, or festival spaces.

工こう事じ現げん場ばは黄き色いろいテープで縄なわ張ばりがしてある。
The construction site is roped off with yellow tape.

警けい

察さつ

が

事じ

件けん

現げん

場ば

を

縄なわ

張ば

り

し

た

。

The police cordoned off the crime scene.

2

noun

turf; territory; domain; sphere of influence

Figurative extension: a person's or group's area of control, influence, or expertise. Common in business, politics, and gang contexts.

営えい業ぎょうの縄なわ張ばりを荒あらすな。
Don't encroach on my sales turf.
彼かれは自じ分ぶんの縄なわ張ばりを守まもるのに必ひっ死しだ。
He is desperate to protect his territory.

3

noun

territory (of an animal)

zoology

Zoological use: the area an animal defends against others of its species.

オオカミは広ひろい縄なわ張ばりを持もつ。
Wolves have large territories.

Written forms

縄なわ張ばりUsage63%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
なわばりUsage26%
縄なわ張ばりUsage6%
Less common variant without okurigana; seen in some contexts.
ナワバリUsage4%
繩なわ張ばりUsage1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form using the kyūjitai variant of 縄.

Kanji

縄straw rope, cord
張counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread
繩rope, cord

Similar words

領りょう域いき
領域 is a more formal and abstract term for area, domain, or field (e.g., academic field, territory). 縄張り is more concrete and often implies a defended or claimed space.
テリトリー
テリトリー is a loanword from English 'territory' and is used similarly to 縄張り, but 縄張り has a stronger nuance of a personally staked-out or gang-related area.

Etymology

Compound of 縄 (nawa, 'rope') + 張り (hari, 'stretching'), from the verb 張る (haru). Originally referred to literally stretching a rope to mark a boundary, later extended to figurative territories.