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    3. 箸渡し

    箸渡し

    箸はし渡わたし​

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

    NTNounFood & DiningCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab28 strokes

    はしわたし

    Noun

    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 time

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    Characters that make up this word

    箸
    はし…(2)
    chopsticks
    Kanji
    渡
    わた.る・-わた.る・わた.す…(6)
    transit・ford・ferry・cross・import…(3)
    Kanji
    し
    shi
    Kana
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