taboo chopstick manners; things prohibited by chopstick etiquette
Refers to specific actions with chopsticks that are considered bad manners or taboo in Japanese dining culture, such as passing food from chopsticks to chopsticks or sticking chopsticks upright in rice. Often used in the context of teaching proper etiquette.
See also: 嫌い箸
Taboo chopstick manners include 'pick-up chopsticks,' where you pass food from chopsticks to chopsticks.
In Japan, sticking chopsticks upright in rice is one of the taboo chopstick manners.
Compound of 忌み (imi, 'taboo, abhorrence') and 箸 (hashi, 'chopsticks'), with rendaku voicing of the second element. The term refers to actions with chopsticks that are considered taboo in Japanese dining etiquette.