A protective equipment for Japanese archery, similar as a wristband, equipped on inner side of left hand.

The katakana syllable シャ (sha). Its equivalent in hiragana is しゃ (sha).

national, nationally-owned (park, university, etc.)

what binds human mind and behavior from freedom; a obstacle to freedom / a rope used to bind a horse, for example, as not to get away / fetters, shackles