Nawajiri 縄尻
The working end of a rope, the free part not yet in the tie; in Yukimura-ryū it is also a means of guiding the tied person and communicating without words.
Dictionaries define nawajiri simply as the end of a rope (Jisho). In kinbaku Shibari Study calls it the working end of a rope, and Andrea Ropes the part that has not yet gone into the tie; Kinbakuwiki contrasts it with the nawagashira, the other end or middle of the rope, also called the bight. Shibari Study and Andrea Ropes both link the term to the style of Yukimura Haruki, where the rope left after a single-rope gote is used to move and guide the person tied, and where, Andrea Ropes notes, it carries emotion and connection. Kinbakuwiki calls it both a literal and a metaphorical link between the two people, and notes that leftover rope can be turned into decoration.