Kanji 箸 Words: Meanings and Readings

箸

はし

chopsticks

わり箸

わりばし

dispensable chopsticks

ずぼら箸

ずぼらばし

picking up a bowl with one's right hand which is already holding one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

せせり箸

せせりばし

poking one's food around using one's chopsticks

ねぶり箸

ねぶりばし

licking one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

はしが進む

はしがすすむ

appetizing

はし箱

はしばこ

chopstick case

はし立て

はしたて

chopstick stand

マイ箸

マイはし

one's own chopsticks

握り箸

にぎりばし

grasping one's chopsticks the same way one might hold a walking stick (a breach of etiquette)

移り箸

うつりばし

using one's chopsticks to jump from side dish to side dish without pausing to eat rice in between (a breach of etiquette)

違い箸

ちがいばし

using two different chopsticks together (a breach of etiquette)

一本箸

いっぽんばし

single chopstick stuck upright into the bowl of rice offered to the deceased at their funeral

横箸

よこばし

joining both chopsticks together and using them as a spoon (breach of chopstick etiquette)

火ばし

ひばし

long metal chopsticks (for handling charcoal, esp. in a brazier)

火匙

こじ

tongs (esp. for incense or for use in a Buddhist temple)

寄せ箸

よせばし

drawing a dish towards oneself using one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

忌み箸

いみばし

things prohibited by chopstick etiquette

逆さ箸

さかさばし

taking food with one's chopsticks upside down (a breach of etiquette)

禁じ箸

きんじばし

things prohibited by chopstick etiquette

空箸

そらばし

touching a food with one's chopsticks, then removing them without taking it (a breach of etiquette)

嫌い箸

きらいばし

things prohibited by chopstick etiquette

五本箸

ごほんばし

eating with one's hands

香箸

きょうじ

incense chopsticks

菜ばし

さいばし

long chopsticks (for cooking, serving, etc.)

刺し箸

さしばし

skewering one's food with a chopstick in order to pick it up (a breach of etiquette)

指し箸

さしばし

pointing towards someone or something with one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

取り箸

とりばし

chopsticks used to move food from a serving dish to one's own dish

拾い箸

ひろいばし

passing food from one person's chopsticks to another's (a breach of etiquette)

祝い箸

いわいばし

festive chopsticks

焼け火ばし

やけひばし

burning-hot tongs

象箸玉杯

ぞうちょぎょくはい

living a lavish lifestyle

真魚箸

まなばし

type of long chopsticks used in the preparation of fish

杉箸

すぎばし

chopsticks made of cedar

揃え箸

そろえばし

aligning one's chopsticks by tapping them on the table, a dish, etc. (a breach of etiquette)

太箸

ふとばし

festive chopsticks

叩き箸

たたきばし

ringing one's chopsticks against a dish (in order to request seconds, etc.) (a breach of etiquette)

探り箸

さぐりばし

using one's chopsticks to find a food one likes by rummaging in one's dish, pot, etc. (a breach of etiquette)

竹箸

たけばし

bamboo chopsticks

直箸

じかばし

taking food directly from a communal dish with one's own chopsticks

塗り箸

ぬりばし

lacquered chopsticks

渡し箸

わたしばし

resting one's chopsticks across the top of one's bowl (a breach of etiquette)

渡り箸

わたりばし

using one's chopsticks to jump from side dish to side dish without pausing to eat rice in between (a breach of etiquette)

拝み箸

おがみばし

clasping chopsticks between one's hands as in a gesture of prayer (a breach of etiquette)

箸が転んでもおかしい年頃

はしがころんでもおかしいとしごろ

age at which even the slightest things seem funny (esp. said of a girl in the late teens)

箸にも棒にもかからない

はしにもぼうにもかからない

hopeless

箸にも棒にもひっかからない

はしにもぼうにもひっかからない

hopeless

箸まくら

はしまくら

chopstick rest

箸を取る

はしをとる

to take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal)

箸休め

はしやすめ

entremets

箸使い

はしづかい

chopstick usage

箸紙

はしがみ

chopstick paper wrapper

箸初め

はしぞめ

weaning ceremony

箸洗い

はしあらい

simple and light soup taken between courses in a kaiseki meal, or during a formal tea ceremony

箸袋

はしぶくろ

chopstick envelope

箸台

はしだい

chopstick rest

箸置

はしおき

chopstick rest

箸渡し

はしわたし

passing a bone fragment from one pair of chopsticks to another while placing the remains of the deceased in a funerary urn

箸筒

はしづつ

cylindrical chopsticks container

迷い箸

まよいばし

hovering one's chopsticks back and forth over side dishes, when trying to choose which one to take (a breach of etiquette)

立て箸

たてばし

sticking chopsticks upright into a bowl of rice (a breach of etiquette)

涙箸

なみだばし

dripping liquid (soup, sauce, etc.) from the tips of one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

惑い箸

まどいばし

hovering one's chopsticks back and forth over side dishes, when trying to choose which one to take (a breach of etiquette)

匕箸

ひちょ

spoon and chopsticks

孕み箸

はらみばし

thick chopsticks with both ends equally thin

撥ね箸

はねばし

pushing away food one does not want to eat with one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

銜え箸

くわえばし

holding one's chopsticks in one's mouth (a breach of etiquette)