[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)