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things prohibited by chopstick etiquette

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

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

using two different chopsticks together (a breach of etiquette)

festive chopsticks; thick round chopsticks used on festive occasions

Food, cooking

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

chopstick paper wrapper; paper sheath for chopsticks

cylindrical chopsticks container

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

eating with one's hands; five chopsticks

(a smith's) tongs

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

Idiomatic expression; Godan verb

to eat a lot; to have a good appetite

Idiomatic expression; Noun or verb acting prenominally

appetizing

burning-hot tongs; red-hot tongs

age at which even the slightest things seem funny (esp. said of girls in their late teens); age where even chopsticks rolling is amusing

Idiomatic expression

hopeless; incorrigible; beyond repair; good-for-nothing; terrible

Idiomatic expression; Non-standard variant of 箸にも棒にもかからない

hopeless; incorrigible; beyond repair; good-for-nothing; terrible

poking one's food around using one's chopsticks; playing with one's food with one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

Rare term

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

Rare term

living a lavish lifestyle; ivory chopsticks and jade cups