元(P);本(P);素;基 | [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 [Add to Longdo] |
丁 | [てい;ひのと, tei ; hinoto] (ctr) (1) counter for sheets, pages, leaves, etc.; (2) counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; (3) (See 挺) counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.; (n) (4) (See 半・はん・3) even number; (5) (See 町・3) 109.09 m #2,197 [Add to Longdo] |
田舎 | [いなか(gikun), inaka (gikun)] (n, adj-no) (1) (sens) rural area; countryside; the sticks; (2) hometown; (P) #9,848 [Add to Longdo] |
挺;梃 | [ちょう, chou] (ctr) counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc. #16,451 [Add to Longdo] |
膳 | [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) #16,822 [Add to Longdo] |
算 | [さん, san] (n) (1) divining sticks; (n, vs) (2) counting; calculation #17,621 [Add to Longdo] |
箸 | [はし, hashi] (n) chopsticks; (P) #18,409 [Add to Longdo] |
お手許;お手元;御手許;御手元 | [おてもと, otemoto] (n) (uk) chopsticks (often written on the paper wrapper) [Add to Longdo] |
ずぼら箸 | [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) [Add to Longdo] |
せせり箸;挵り箸(oK) | [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) [Add to Longdo] |
ど田舎;超田舎(iK);度田舎(iK);怒田舎(iK) | [どいなか, doinaka] (n) (See ど) remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks [Add to Longdo] |
マイ箸 | [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) [Add to Longdo] |
握り箸 | [にぎりばし, nigiribashi] (n) grasping one's chopsticks the same way one might hold a walking stick (a breach of etiquette) [Add to Longdo] |
移り箸 | [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) [Add to Longdo] |
違い箸 | [ちがいばし, chigaibashi] (n) using two different chopsticks together (a breach of etiquette) [Add to Longdo] |
一膳 | [いちぜん, ichizen] (n) (1) bowl (of rice); (2) pair (of chopsticks) [Add to Longdo] |
一丁 | [いっちょう, icchou] (n) (1) one sheet; one page; one leaf; (2) one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); (3) (also written as 一挺, 一梃) one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); (4) one cho (unit of distance, 109.09 m); (5) one game; one task; (n-adv) (6) well then; come then; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
横箸 | [よこばし, yokobashi] (n) joining both chopsticks together and using them as a spoon (breach of chopstick etiquette) [Add to Longdo] |
火箸 | [ひばし, hibashi] (n) (1) tongs; (2) long metal chopsticks [Add to Longdo] |
割り箸(P);割箸;割りばし;わり箸 | [わりばし, waribashi] (n) splittable (wood) chopsticks; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
寄せ箸 | [よせばし, yosebashi] (n) drawing a dish towards oneself using one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette) [Add to Longdo] |
挟み上げる | [はさみあげる, hasamiageru] (v1, vt) to pick up (with chopsticks); to take [Add to Longdo] |
空箸 | [そらばし, sorabashi] (n) touching a food with one's chopsticks, then removing them without taking it (a breach of etiquette) [Add to Longdo] |
黒文字 | [くろもじ, kuromoji] (n) (1) spicebush; Lindera umbrellata; (2) toothpick; (3) natural wooden chopsticks (tea ceremony) [Add to Longdo] |
根っ木 | [ねっき, nekki] (n) children's game in which a wooden stick driven into the ground is dislodged by sticks thrown at it [Add to Longdo] |
根っ木打ち | [ねっきうち, nekkiuchi] (n) (See 根っ木) children's game in which a wooden stick driven into the ground is dislodged by sticks thrown at it [Add to Longdo] |
菜箸 | [さいばし, saibashi] (n) cooking or serving chopsticks [Add to Longdo] |
算木 | [さんぎ, sangi] (n) (1) sticks used for calculations; (2) divining rods [Add to Longdo] |
算籌 | [さんちゅう, sanchuu] (n) (obsc) (See 算木) sticks used for counting [Add to Longdo] |
持ち方 | [もちかた, mochikata] (n) way one holds (one's writing brush); how to hold (chopsticks) [Add to Longdo] |
取り箸 | [とりばし, toribashi] (n) (See 取り皿) chopsticks used to move food from a serving dish to one's own dish [Add to Longdo] |
祝い箸;祝箸 | [いわいばし, iwaibashi] (n) festive chopsticks; thick round chopsticks used on festive occasions [Add to Longdo] |
出る杭は打たれる | [でるくいはうたれる, derukuihautareru] (exp, v1) the nail that sticks out gets hammered in; the best policy is to keep your head down [Add to Longdo] |
出る釘は打たれる | [でるくぎはうたれる, derukugihautareru] (exp, v1) (See 出る杭は打たれる) the nail which sticks out gets hammered down (used to encourage conformity) [Add to Longdo] |
真魚箸 | [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 [Add to Longdo] |
杉箸 | [すぎばし, sugibashi] (n) chopsticks made of cedar [Add to Longdo] |
占筮 | [せんぜい, senzei] (n, vs) (See 筮竹) divination (using bamboo divination sticks) [Add to Longdo] |
膳越し | [ぜんごし, zengoshi] (n) rudely reaching over one's serving tray to grab food behind it with one's chopsticks [Add to Longdo] |
揃え箸 | [そろえばし, soroebashi] (n) aligning one's chopsticks by tapping them on the table, a dish, etc. (a breach of etiquette) [Add to Longdo] |
太箸 | [ふとばし, futobashi] (n) (See 祝い箸・いわいばし) festive chopsticks; thick round chopsticks used on festive occasions [Add to Longdo] |
叩き箸 | [たたきばし, tatakibashi] (n) ringing one's chopsticks against a dish (in order to request seconds, etc.) (a breach of etiquette) [Add to Longdo] |
探り箸 | [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) [Add to Longdo] |
塗り箸 | [ぬりばし, nuribashi] (n) lacquered chopsticks [Add to Longdo] |
渡し箸 | [わたしばし, watashibashi] (n) resting one's chopsticks across the top of one's bowl (a breach of etiquette) [Add to Longdo] |
渡り箸 | [わたりばし, wataribashi] (n) (See 移り箸) using one's chopsticks to jump from side dish to side dish without pausing to eat rice in between (a breach of etiquette) [Add to Longdo] |
拝み箸 | [おがみばし, ogamibashi] (n) clasping your chopsticks between your hands as in a gesture of prayer (a breach of etiquette) [Add to Longdo] |
箸袋 | [はしぶくろ, hashibukuro] (n) paper envelope in which chopsticks are presented [Add to Longdo] |
僻地;へき地 | [へきち, hekichi] (n) (sens) remote place; backcountry; the sticks [Add to Longdo] |
迷い箸 | [まよいばし, mayoibashi] (n) (See 惑い箸) hovering one's chopsticks back and forth over side dishes, when trying to choose which one to take (a breach of etiquette) [Add to Longdo] |
涙箸 | [なみだばし, namidabashi] (n) dripping liquid (soup, sauce, etc.) from the tips of one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette) [Add to Longdo] |