[もと, moto] (n) (1) (usu. 元) origin; source; (2) (esp. 基) base; basis; foundation; root; (3) (also 因, 原) cause; (4) (esp. 素) ingredient; material; (5) (元 only) (somebody's) side; (somebody's) location; (6) original cost (or capital, principal, etc.); (7) (plant) root; (tree) trunk; (8) (See 和歌) first section of a waka; (ctr) (9) (本 only) counter for blades of grass, tree trunks, etc., and for falcons (in falconry); (n) (10) handle (chopsticks, brush, etc.); grip; (P) #170
[あがり, agari] (n, suf) (1) ascent; rise; slope; (2) freshly-drawn green tea (esp. in sushi shops); (3) advance income; crop yield; (4) death; spinning; completion; stop; finish; (5) after (rain); ex (official, etc.); (6) (end) results (e.g. of crafts like painting, pottery, etc.); how something comes out; (P) #7755
[hoppu] (n) (1) hop; (2) (also 忽布) hops (Humulus lupulus) (dut #8370
[したまち, shitamachi] (n) (See 山の手・1) low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, inc. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds); (P) #13059
[ぜん, zen] (n) (1) small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); (2) (See 御膳) meal; food; serving; (ctr) (3) counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks; (P) #16822
[はし, hashi] (n) chopsticks; (P) #18409
[irasshaimase (P); irashaimase (ik); irrashaimase (ik)] (exp) welcome (in shops, etc.); (P)
[おてもと, otemoto] (n) (uk) chopsticks (often written on the paper wrapper)
[ずぼらばし, zuborabashi] (n) (obsc) picking up a bowl with one's right hand which is already holding one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)
[せせりばし, seseribashi] (n) poking one's food around using one's chopsticks; playing with one's food with one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)
[シャッターどおり, shatta-doori] (n) shutter Street (street with many closed-down shops or offices)
[pigumi-gurami-; pigumi-. gurami-] (n) pygmy gourami (Trichopsis pumila)
[hoteichi] (n) (abbr) shops on the first floor of a hotel
[マイばし;マイはし, mai bashi ; mai hashi] (n) washable chopsticks carried in a case (to be used in place of disposable chopsticks)
[にぎりばし, nigiribashi] (n) grasping one's chopsticks the same way one might hold a walking stick (a breach of etiquette)
[うつりばし, utsuribashi] (n) (See 渡り箸) using one's chopsticks to jump from side dish to side dish without pausing to eat rice in between (a breach of etiquette)
[ちがいばし, chigaibashi] (n) using two different chopsticks together (a breach of etiquette)
[いちぜん, ichizen] (n) (1) bowl (of rice); (2) pair (of chopsticks)
[いんしょくてん, inshokuten] (n) restaurant; shops serving food and drink; (P)
[よこばし, yokobashi] (n) joining both chopsticks together and using them as a spoon (breach of chopstick etiquette)
[ひばし, hibashi] (n) (1) tongs; (2) long metal chopsticks
[わりばし, waribashi] (n) splittable (wood) chopsticks; (P)
[よせばし, yosebashi] (n) drawing a dish towards oneself using one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)
[いみばし, imibashi] (n) (See 嫌い箸) things prohibited by chopstick etiquette
[はさみあげる, hasamiageru] (v1, vt) to pick up (with chopsticks); to take
[きんじばし, kinjibashi] (n) (See 嫌い箸) things prohibited by chopstick etiquette
[そらばし, sorabashi] (n) touching a food with one's chopsticks, then removing them without taking it (a breach of etiquette)
[きらいばし, kiraibashi] (n) things prohibited by chopstick etiquette
[よびこみ, yobikomi] (n) (1) barker; tout; hawker; someone who attempts to attract patrons to entertainment events, shops, bars, and such, by exhorting passing public; (vs) (2) calling out to potential customers
[くろもじ, kuromoji] (n) (1) spicebush; Lindera umbrellata; (2) toothpick; (3) natural wooden chopsticks (tea ceremony)
[さいばし, saibashi] (n) cooking or serving chopsticks
[ざっきょビル, zakkyo biru] (n) multi-tenant building; building containing a number of businesses and shops; social building
[さしばし, sashibashi] (n) skewering one's food with a chopstick in order to pick it up (a breach of etiquette)
[もちかた, mochikata] (n) way one holds (one's writing brush); how to hold (chopsticks)
[とりばし, toribashi] (n) (See 取り皿) chopsticks used to move food from a serving dish to one's own dish
[いわいばし, iwaibashi] (n) festive chopsticks; thick round chopsticks used on festive occasions
[あがりばな, agaribana] (n) freshly-drawn green tea (esp. in sushi shops)
[まなばし, manabashi] (n) type of long chopsticks used in the preparation of fish; type of long chopsticks used to hold the fish in carving knife ceremony
[すぎばし, sugibashi] (n) chopsticks made of cedar
[いしけり, ishikeri] (n) hopscotch
[したなめずり, shitanamezuri] (n, vs) licking one's lips or chops
[せんもんてん, senmonten] (n) specialist shops; (P)
[ぜんごし, zengoshi] (n) rudely reaching over one's serving tray to grab food behind it with one's chopsticks
[そろえばし, soroebashi] (n) aligning one's chopsticks by tapping them on the table, a dish, etc. (a breach of etiquette)
[ふとばし, futobashi] (n) (See 祝い箸・いわいばし) festive chopsticks; thick round chopsticks used on festive occasions
[たたきばし, tatakibashi] (n) ringing one's chopsticks against a dish (in order to request seconds, etc.) (a breach of etiquette)
[さぐりばし, saguribashi] (n) using one's chopsticks to find a food one likes by rummaging in one's dish, pot, etc. (a breach of etiquette)
[なかみせ, nakamise] (n) nakamise; shops lining a passageway in the precincts of a Shinto shrine
[つけめん, tsukemen] (n) spiced noodles (ultra hot noodles from spicy ramen shops); devils noodles
[ぬりばし, nuribashi] (n) lacquered chopsticks