大縄(おおなわ) おおなわ noun long rope (for group jump rope) sports 1. long rope (for group jump rope) A long rope turned by two people while a group jumps in together, as opposed to a rope one person turns alone. 大縄(おおなわ)で遊(あそ)ぼう。 Let's play with the long jump rope. 二人(ふたり)が大縄(おおなわ)を回(まわ)している。 Two people are turning the long rope. 運動会(うんどうかい)で大縄(おおなわ)跳(と)びの練習(れんしゅう)をした。 We practiced long-rope group jumping for the sports festival. 大縄(おおなわ) names the rope itself; 大縄跳(おおなわと)び is the group activity of jumping it together, common at Japanese elementary schools and sports festivals.Common expressions大縄(おおなわ)を回(まわ)す: to turn the long rope大縄(おおなわ)跳(と)び: group long-rope jumping Related Words Related: 縄跳(なわと)び (jump rope) Related: 大縄跳(おおなわと)び (group jump rope) general Added 2026.9.14 17:43 · Revised 2026.9.15 22:41 30500/30895_oonawa