chopstick rest; chopstick stand
A small stand or rest on which to place chopsticks, especially when not in use during a meal.
I place the chopsticks on the chopstick rest.
weaning ceremony; first meal ceremony
Refers to a traditional Japanese ceremony (often 食い初め) where a baby is symbolically fed for the first time; 箸立て can be used to refer to the chopsticks used in this ritual, or by extension the ceremony itself.
See also: 食い初め
In the weaning ceremony, the baby is made to use chopsticks for the first time.
Standard kanji spelling.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, sometimes used for clarity.
箸立て combines 箸 with the nominal element 立て. For the ceremony, 立て refers to initiating a child’s use of chopsticks; the utensil sense denotes a stand or container in which chopsticks are set upright.