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惑い箸

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 惑い箸.

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Entry

惑い箸どいばNoun
1

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

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

beguile, delusion, perplexity

12 strokesFrequency 777JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ワク

Kun

まど.う

chopsticks

15 strokesFrequency 2,156Grade 8

On

チョチャク

Kun

はし

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