立たて箸ばし

noun

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

• ご飯はんに立たて箸ばしをするのは、縁えん起ぎが悪わるいとされています。

  Sticking chopsticks upright in rice is considered unlucky.

• 子こ供どもの頃ころ、立たて箸ばしをして祖そ母ぼに叱しかられた。

  When I was a child, I was scolded by my grandmother for sticking my chopsticks upright in the rice.