取とり箸ばし

noun

serving chopsticks; communal chopsticks

Chopsticks used to transfer food from a shared plate to one's own plate, not for eating directly. Often contrasted with 取り皿 (small serving plate).

See also: 取り皿

• 大おお皿ざらの料りょう理りは取とり箸ばしを使つかって自じ分ぶんの皿さらに取とってください。

  Please use the serving chopsticks to take food from the large plate to your own plate.

• 取とり箸ばしがないので、自じ分ぶんの箸はしで取とってもいいですか。

  There are no serving chopsticks, so may I use my own chopsticks to take some?