忌いみ箸ばし

noun

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

• 忌いみ箸ばしには、箸はしから箸はしへ食たべ物ものを渡わたす「拾ひろい箸ばし」などがあります。

  Taboo chopstick manners include 'pick-up chopsticks,' where you pass food from chopsticks to chopsticks.

• 日本にほんでは、ご飯はんに箸はしを立たてるのは忌いみ箸ばしの一ひとつです。

  In Japan, sticking chopsticks upright in rice is one of the taboo chopstick manners.