[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
[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
[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)
[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)