渡わたし箸ばし

noun

resting chopsticks across a bowl

A breach of Japanese table etiquette; placing chopsticks horizontally across the top of a bowl or plate during or after a meal. Often taught as a manner to avoid.

• 渡わたし箸ばしは食しょく事じのマナー違い反はんとされています。

  Resting your chopsticks across the bowl is considered a breach of dining etiquette.

• 子こどもに渡わたし箸ばしをしないように教おしえた。

  I taught my child not to rest their chopsticks across the bowl.