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    3. 迷い箸

    迷い箸

    迷まよい​箸ばし

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

    NTNounFood & DiningCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab26 strokes

    まよいばし

    Noun

    1.
    hovering one's chopsticks back and forth over side dishes, when trying to choose which one to take (a breach of etiquette)

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    Characters that make up this word

    迷
    まよ.う…(1)
    astray・be perplexed・in doubt・lost・err…(1)
    Kanji
    箸
    はし…(2)
    chopsticks
    Kanji
    い
    i
    Kana
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