Honorific speech in Japanese word "meshi", the Japanese equivalent of Sino-Japanese "go-han", is considered rough and masculine (男性語). The honorific "o-" is also sometimes attached to of native verbs (hence native "o-") to refer to a specific item associated with the verb, as in oshibori (お絞り、絞る) "hot towel", and onigiri/omusubi (お握り、握る and お結び、結ぶ) "rice ball". In rare cases, both a base form and honorific are in use with different readings. A notable example is 利益 "ri-eki" "benefit, profit (e.g., business)" and 御利益 "go-ri-yaku" "divine favor, grace"; plain "ri-yaku" is sometimes used, but "go-ri-eki" is generally not. The former, an everyday term, uses the usual
Wasabi (restaurant) Since October 2017, Wasabi has also been opening sushi counters in some M&S stores. Wasabi (restaurant) Wasabi is a fast food restaurant chain based in the United Kingdom, focused on Japanese food, especially sushi and bento, and operating in London and New York. Wasabi was founded in London in 2003 by Dong Hyun Kim, a Korean entrepreneur. In October 2016, the company secured £25 million in debt financing from HSBC to support expansion. As of January 2015, they had 37 outlets in central London, and had opened their first one in New York. In June 2015, they opened in Cambridge.