箸
Meanings
Noun
1. chopsticks
Kanji used
Pitch accent
はし
Used in vocabulary
移り箸
using one's chopsticks to jump from side dish to side dish without pausing to eat rice in between (a breach of etiquette)
Noun
探り箸
using one's chopsticks to find a food one likes by rummaging in one's dish, pot, etc. (a breach of etiquette)
Noun
握り箸
grasping one's chopsticks the same way one might hold a walking stick (a breach of etiquette)
Noun
迷い箸
hovering one's chopsticks back and forth over side dishes, when trying to choose which one to take (a breach of etiquette)
Noun
Examples16
私達
We ate with chopsticks in restrained silence.
その
The boy tried eating with chopsticks.
パーカー
Mr Parker tried eating with chopsticks.
箸
You must be quite accustomed to using chopsticks by now.
使い捨て
It's better to carry plastic chopsticks and wash them than to use disposable chopsticks to throw away.
ルーシー
Lucy cannot use chopsticks.