寄よせ箸ばし

noun

drawing a dish closer with chopsticks (bad manners)

A specific chopstick etiquette violation: using chopsticks to pull a dish toward oneself. Considered rude in Japanese dining.

• 寄よせ箸ばしはマナー違い反はんです。

  Drawing a dish toward you with chopsticks is bad manners.

• 彼かれは無む意い識しきに寄よせ箸ばしをしてしまった。

  He unconsciously pulled a dish closer with his chopsticks.