• 綱つな

  rope, cord, line

• 綱紀こうき

  law and order, (official) discipline

• 綱領こうりょう

  general plan, main points, summary, platform (e.g. for a campaign), mission statement

• 大綱たいこう

  fundamental principles, main lines

• 要綱ようこう

  main principle, gist, general plan, guidelines, outline

• 横綱よこづな

  yokozuna (highest rank in sumo), grand champion

• 手綱たづな

  reins, bridle

• 綱引きつなひき

  tug of war

• 綱渡りつなわたり

  tightrope walking, high-wire act, funambulism

• 綱こう

  class

• 綱具つなぐ

  rigging

• 綱手つなで

  mooring rope

• 綱目こうもく

  main point and details

• 綱要こうよう

  elements, essentials, outline

• 綱常こうじょう

  code of morals, moral principles

• 碇綱いかりづな

  anchor cable

• 僧綱そうごう

  Office of Monastic Affairs (ancient Buddhist ecclesiastical authority)

• 井綱いづな

  well rope

• 鼻綱はなづな

  halter

• 面綱おもづな

  bridle made from knotted rope or leather

• 端綱はづな

  halter

• 製綱せいこう

  rope-making, rope manufacture

• 下綱かこう

  infraclass

• 髪綱かみづな

  rope made of hair

• 党綱とうこう

  party platform

• 帆綱ほづな

  halyard

• 大綱おおづな

  thick rope

• 政綱せいこう

  political principle, policy or platform

• 三綱さんごう

  three monastic positions with management roles at a temple

• 麻綱あさづな

  hemp rope

• 亜綱あこう

  subclass

• 三綱さんこう

  three bonds (in Confucianism: master and servant, father and son, husband and wife)

• 上綱じょうこう

  superclass

• 鳥綱ちょうこう

  Aves (class of vertebrates comprising the birds)

• 命綱いのちづな

  lifeline, safety rope, safety tether

• 飯綱いづな

  izuna, pipe fox, fox-like spirit kept inside a bamboo tube and used by its master to perform divinations and curses

• 魚綱ぎょこう

  Pisces (obsolete class of vertebrates comprising the fishes)

• 飯綱いいずな

  least weasel (Mustela nivalis)

• 綱締めつなしめ

  putting on the tsuna

• 綱梯子つなばしご

  rope ladder, jack ladder, ratline

• 綱取りつなとり

  ozeki wrestler's attempt to reach the rank of yokozuna, being eligible for promotion to yokozuna

• 甲殻綱こうかくこう

  Crustacea

• 吻殻綱ふんかくこう

  Rostroconchia (class of extinct molluscs)

• 命の綱いのちのつな

  the thread of life

• 掘足綱くっそくこう

  Scaphopoda (class of molluscs comprising the tooth shells)

• 単板綱たんばんこう

  Monoplacophora (polyphyletic class of mollusks)

• 新横綱しんよこづな

  wrestler newly promoted to grand champion

• 御綱柏みつながしわ

  Asplenium antiquum (species of spleenwort)

• 大横綱だいよこづな

  grand champion considered to be truly great, usually with over 10 makuuchi tournament wins

• 条鰭綱じょうきこう

  Actinopterygii (class of the ray-finned fishes)