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    3. 箸

    箸

    箸はし

    chopsticks

    KMT10Freq #2156Food & DiningKanji15 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    はし

    On'yomi

    チョチャク

    chopsticks

    竹者

    竹
    土
    耂
    日

    Stroke 0 / 15

    Speed1.0x

    諸箪賭墸潴篁箔箟墸豬等箔睹箟箪篝篁簡箭範篋篏篆

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    Concepts using this kanji

    箸

    chopsticks

    割り箸

    dispensable chopsticks

    一本箸

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

    五本箸

    eating with one's hands

    箸台

    chopstick rest

    金箸

    (a smith's) tongs

    立て箸

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

    箸立て

    chopstick stand

    箸使い

    chopstick usage

    指し箸

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

    箸を取る

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

    取り箸

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

    箸が進む

    to eat a lot

    箸初め

    weaning ceremony

    直箸

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

    太箸

    festive chopsticks

    空箸

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

    箸置き

    chopstick rest

    火箸

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

    箸にも棒にも引っかからない

    hopeless

    焼け火箸

    burning-hot tongs

    象箸玉杯

    living a lavish lifestyle

    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)

    箸休め

    entremets

    竹箸

    bamboo chopsticks

    真魚箸

    type of long chopsticks used in the preparation of fish

    箸渡し

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

    渡し箸

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

    渡り箸

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

    箸が転んでもおかしい年頃

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

    違い箸

    using two different chopsticks together (a breach of etiquette)

    箸紙

    chopstick paper wrapper

    横箸

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

    寄せ箸

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

    逆さ箸

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

    禁じ箸

    things prohibited by chopstick etiquette

    惑い箸

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

    香箸

    incense chopsticks

    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)

    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)

    杉箸

    chopsticks made of cedar

    刺し箸

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

    箸洗い

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

    握り箸

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

    祝い箸

    festive chopsticks

    箸袋

    chopstick envelope

    嫌い箸

    things prohibited by chopstick etiquette

    拝み箸

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

    菜箸

    long chopsticks (for cooking, serving, etc.)

    拾い箸

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

    涙箸

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

    箸にも棒にもかからない

    hopeless

    箸箱

    chopstick case

    塗り箸

    lacquered chopsticks

    箸筒

    cylindrical chopsticks container

    孕み箸

    thick chopsticks with both ends equally thin

    舐り箸

    licking one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

    忌み箸

    things prohibited by chopstick etiquette

    撥ね箸

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

    箸枕

    chopstick rest

    ずぼら箸

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

    せせり箸

    poking one's food around using one's chopsticks

    マイ箸

    one's own chopsticks

    銜え箸

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

    叩き箸

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

    匕箸

    spoon and chopsticks

    揃え箸

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

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 土
    • 日
    • 竹
    • 耂

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    • 火箸
    • 箸
    • 割り箸
    • 箸休め
    • 箸置き
    • 箸箱
    • 塗り箸
    • 菜箸
    • 杉箸
    • 匕箸
    • 真魚箸
    • 焼け火箸
    • 箸使い
    • 箸にも棒にもかからない
    • 箸初め
    • 箸袋
    • 移り箸
    • 探り箸
    • せせり箸
    • 取り箸
    • 握り箸
    • 惑い箸
    • 迷い箸
    • 刺し箸
    • 空箸
    • 涙箸
    • 叩き箸
    • 寄せ箸
    • 銜え箸
    • 渡し箸
    • 揃え箸
    • 渡り箸
    • 舐り箸
    • マイ箸
    • 祝い箸
    • 箸台
    • 箸枕
    • 嫌い箸
    • 忌み箸
    • 禁じ箸
    • 拝み箸
    • 横箸
    • 違い箸
    • 太箸
    • ずぼら箸
    • 香箸
    • 箸が転んでもおかしい年頃
    • 孕み箸
    • 一本箸
    • 箸洗い
    • 箸が進む
    • 箸を取る
    • 箸紙
    • 箸筒
    • 指し箸
    • 竹箸
    • 立て箸
    • 撥ね箸
    • 逆さ箸
    • 直箸
    • 箸渡し
    • 拾い箸
    • 箸立て
    • 象箸玉杯
    • 五本箸
    • 箸にも棒にも引っかからない
    • 金箸

    Similar concepts

    • 諸
    • 箪
    • 賭
    • 墸
    • 潴
    • 篁
    • 箔
    • 箟
    • 豬
    • 等
    • 睹
    • 篝
    • 簡
    • 箭
    • 範
    • 篋
    • 篏
    • 篆

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