Semenawa 責め縄
Rope work built around seme, usually translated as "torture rope", in which the person tied endures an intensity that can be physical, emotional or psychological.
Semenawa joins seme, “torment”, with nawa, “rope”. The usual English rendering is “torture rope”, and some glossaries, such as Andrea Ropes’s, leave it at that. Many practitioners find the translation too narrow. Writing in Kinbaku Today, Zetsu Nawa, a student in Yukimura Haruki’s school, describes semenawa as purposeful suffering and endurance, as much a state of mind as of the body, which discomfort, predicaments or emotional intensity can produce as well as pain. The teacher hua hua prefers “torment” to “torture”. Shibari Study associates the style with Naka Akira and stresses the beauty found in persisting through adversity. It is often contrasted with aibunawa.