Words — 67 found
そろばし
揃え箸
1. aligning one's chopsticks by tapping them on the table, a dish, etc. (a breach of etiquette)
はしころとしごろ
箸が転んでもおかしい年頃
1. age at which even the slightest things seem funny (esp. said of girls in their late teens); age where even chopsticks rolling is amusing
箸が転んでも可笑しい年頃 【はしがころんでもおかしいとしごろ】
にぎばし
握り箸
1. grasping one's chopsticks the same way one might hold a walking stick (a breach of etiquette)
はしぼうひ
箸にも棒にも引っかからない
1. hopeless; incorrigible; beyond repair; good-for-nothing; terribleIdiomatic expression, See also 箸にも棒にもかからない, non-standard variant of 箸にも棒にもかからない
箸にも棒にも引っ掛からない 【はしにもぼうにもひっかからない】
1. lacquered chopsticks
まよばし
迷い箸
1. hovering one's chopsticks back and forth over side dishes, when trying to choose which one to take (a breach of etiquette)See also 惑い箸
はしわた
箸渡し
1. passing a bone fragment from one pair of chopsticks to another while placing the remains of the deceased in a funerary urn; two people picking up the same bone fragment with chopsticks at the same time
2. passing food from one pair of chopsticks to another (a breach of etiquette); two people picking up the same piece of food with chopsticks at the same timeSee also 拾い箸
1. cylindrical chopsticks container
やひばし
焼け火箸
1. burning-hot tongs; red-hot tongs
焼け火ばし 【やけひばし】、焼火箸 【やけひばし】、焼火ばし 【やけひばし】
焼火箸: Irregular okurigana usage. 焼火ばし: Irregular okurigana usage.
1. skewering one's food with a chopstick in order to pick it up (a breach of etiquette)