拾ひろい箸ばし

noun

passing food from chopsticks to chopsticks

A breach of Japanese table manners; reminiscent of a funeral rite where bones are passed between chopsticks, making it taboo at meals.

• 拾ひろい箸ばしは、食しょく事じのマナーとして避さけるべき行こう為いです。

  Passing food from chopsticks to chopsticks is an act to avoid as a dining manner.