箸

chopsticks

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

Food, cooking

entremets; intermezzo; small palate-cleansing dish served between courses

chopstick rest

chopstick usage

chopstick envelope; chopstick wrapper; paper envelope in which chopsticks are presented

chopstick case

chopstick stand

weaning ceremony

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

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

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

chopstick rest

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

weaning ceremony

chopstick rest

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

dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks

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

long chopsticks (for cooking, serving, etc.)

chopsticks made of cedar

one's own chopsticks; washable chopsticks carried in a case (used instead of disposable chopsticks)