moving chopsticks between dishes without eating rice in between (breach of etiquette)
A specific Japanese table-manner violation. Often listed alongside other chopstick taboos like 渡り箸 (passing food chopstick-to-chopstick).
See also: 渡り箸
Moving your chopsticks from one side dish to another without eating rice in between is considered bad manners in Japan.
Compound of 移り (うつり, 'moving, shifting') + 箸 (はし, 'chopsticks'), with rendaku voicing of はし to ばし.