[もとい, motoi](n) (1) { chem } (See 官能基) group; (2) (See 遊離基) (free) radical; (ctr) (3) counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones)#1021[Add to Longdo]
[もとめる, motomeru](v1, vt) (1) to want; to wish for; (2) to request; to demand; (3) to seek; to search for; to pursue (pleasure); to hunt (a job); (4) (pol) (See 買う・1) to purchase; to buy; (P)#2845[Add to Longdo]
[かっしてもとうせんのみずをのまず, kasshitemotousennomizuwonomazu](exp) Even if thirsty not to drink from "Robber's Spring"; A proverb meaning not to lower oneself to unjust acts no matter how desperate; (English equivalent) The eagle does not hunt flies[Add to Longdo]
[はたもとはちまんき, hatamotohachimanki](n) (arch) (See 旗本・はたもと) the shogun's eighty thousand guards, comprising hatamoto and lower-ranking vassals[Add to Longdo]