火こ箸じ

noun

metal chopsticks; tongs for charcoal or incense

Long metal chopsticks used to handle burning charcoal in braziers or incense in Buddhist rituals. Often associated with traditional tea ceremony or temple settings.

• 茶さ道どうでは、火こ箸じを使つかって炭すみをつまむ。

  In the tea ceremony, one uses metal chopsticks to handle the charcoal.

• お寺てらで、お香こうを火こ箸じでつまんで香こう炉ろに入いれた。

  At the temple, I picked up incense with the metal tongs and placed it in the censer.