Glossary of common terms

Shibari a term for Japanese rope bondage, in Japanese is often used as a general word for “to tie”

Kinbaku another term for Japanese rope bondage, often directly translated as “tight binding”

Semanawa a flavour of Japanese rope bondage focused on the beauty of suffering

Rope top/Rigger someone who ties

Rope bottom/model/bunny someone who gets tied

Takate kote (TK)/Gote/Box tie a common tie that binds the arms behind the back and to the chest

Strappado a common tie that binds the arms behind the back, forcing the arms to be straight and held together

Futomomo a common tie that folds the leg against itself and binds the thigh and shin together

Tengu a tie that folds the arms next to body, sometimes resembles chicken wings or T-rex