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] |
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] |
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] |
ピグミーグラミー;ピグミー・グラミー | [pigumi-gurami-; pigumi-. gurami-] (n) pygmy gourami (Trichopsis pumila) [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] |