箸

Meaning

箸 centers on the utensil used for picking up food: chopsticks. The meaning is concrete and specific, with no major abstract extensions.

• 箸はし
  N5

  chopsticks

• 割り箸わりばし
  N1

  dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks

• 箸休めはしやすめ

  entremets; intermezzo; small palate-cleansing dish served between courses

• 箸置きはしおき

  chopstick rest

• 菜箸さいばし

  long chopsticks (for cooking, serving, etc.)

• ずぼら箸ずぼらばし

  picking up a bowl with one's right hand which is already holding one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

• せせり箸せせりばし

  poking one's food around using one's chopsticks; playing with one's food with one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

• マイ箸マイばし

  one's own chopsticks; washable chopsticks carried in a case (used instead of disposable chopsticks)

• 一本箸いっぽんばし

  single chopstick stuck upright into the bowl of rice offered to the deceased at their funeral

• 五本箸ごほんばし

  eating with one's hands; five chopsticks

• 刺し箸さしばし

  skewering one's food with a chopstick in order to pick it up (a breach of etiquette)

• 匕箸ひちょ

  spoon and chopsticks

• 取り箸とりばし

  chopsticks used to move food from a serving dish to one's own dish

• 叩き箸たたきばし

  ringing one's chopsticks against a dish (in order to request seconds, etc.) (a breach of etiquette)

• 塗り箸ぬりばし

  lacquered chopsticks

• 太箸ふとばし

  festive chopsticks; thick round chopsticks used on festive occasions

• 嫌い箸きらいばし

  things prohibited by chopstick etiquette

• 孕み箸はらみばし

  thick chopsticks with both ends equally thin

• 寄せ箸よせばし

  drawing a dish towards oneself using one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

• 忌み箸いみばし

  things prohibited by chopstick etiquette

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