multiple people holding the same item with chopsticks
Refers to the act of two or more people gripping the same piece of food with their chopsticks at the same time, often considered impolite or associated with funeral rites.
Holding the same item with chopsticks is often considered bad manners.
passing something from chopstick to chopstick
Describes the action of transferring food directly from one person's chopsticks to another's, which is taboo in Japanese dining because it resembles a funeral ritual.
Passing food from chopstick to chopstick during a meal is said to bring bad luck.
Compound of 相 (ai, 'mutual') and 挟み (hasami, 'pinching' or 'holding between'), from the verb 挟む (hasamu). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is conventionally associated with chopstick etiquette.