sticking chopsticks upright in rice; taboo chopstick placement
A breach of Japanese table manners, resembling a funeral ritual where chopsticks are stuck upright in a bowl of rice offered to the deceased. Often listed among 嫌い箸 (disliked chopstick manners).
See also: 一本箸
Sticking chopsticks upright in rice is considered unlucky.
When I was a child, I was scolded by my grandmother for sticking my chopsticks upright in the rice.
Standard spelling for this etiquette term.
Variant spelling; less common than 立て箸.
Compound of 立て (tate, 'standing') + 箸 (hashi, 'chopsticks'). The reading たてばし results from rendaku voicing of はし to ばし.