Kote 小手
Japanese for the forearm between elbow and wrist; in rope it is mostly heard inside the tie name takate kote.
The Japanese dictionary Daijisen defines kote (小手) as the part of the arm between the elbow and the wrist, and also the hand. The same reading names armor and kendō equipment covering the forearm, and a kendō strike to the wrist. Shibari Study lists kote among anatomy terms and notes that rope practitioners mostly meet it in takate kote. Nawapedia describes it as an older word for the lower arm or wrist, and Steve Osada notes that the first wrist tie of a takate kote sits around the kote.