相あい挟ばさみ

noun

multiple people holding the same item with chopsticks

Refers to the act of two or more people gripping the same piece of food with their chopsticks at the same time, often considered impolite or associated with funeral rites.

• 相あい挟ばさみはマナー違い反はんとされることが多おおい。

  Holding the same item with chopsticks is often considered bad manners.

noun

passing something from chopstick to chopstick

Describes the action of transferring food directly from one person's chopsticks to another's, which is taboo in Japanese dining because it resembles a funeral ritual.

• 食しょく事じ中ちゅうに相あい挟ばさみをすると、縁えん起ぎが悪わるいと言いわれる。

  Passing food from chopstick to chopstick during a meal is said to bring bad luck.