禁きんじ箸ばし

noun

taboo chopstick manners; prohibited chopstick uses

Refers to a set of culturally prohibited ways of handling chopsticks in Japan, such as passing food directly from chopsticks to chopsticks or sticking them upright in rice. Often listed alongside 嫌い箸.

See also: 嫌い箸

• 日本にほんでは、禁きんじ箸ばしとして、箸はしを立たてる行こう為いが避さけられる。

  In Japan, sticking chopsticks upright in food is avoided as one of the prohibited chopstick manners.

• 食しょく事じのマナーとして、禁きんじ箸ばしを覚おぼえておく必ひつ要ようがある。

  It is necessary to learn the taboo chopstick manners as part of dining etiquette.