Moto 箸: ChopsticksKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- チョ、チャク
- Kun'yomi
- はし
- Level
- Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 74 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (チョ・チャク)
- 匕箸ひちょspoon and chopsticks
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 箸はしchopsticks
- 割り箸わりばしdispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks
- ずぼら箸ずぼらばしpicking up a bowl with one's right hand which is already holding one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)
- せせり箸せせりばしpoking one's food around using one's chopsticks; playing with one's food with one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)
- ねぶり箸ねぶりばしlicking one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)
- わり箸わりばしdispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks
- マイ箸マイばしwashable chopsticks carried in a case (to be used in place of disposable chopsticks)
- 刺し箸さしばしskewering one's food with a chopstick in order to pick it up (a breach of etiquette)
- 割箸わりばしdispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks
- 取り箸とりばしchopsticks used to move food from a serving dish to one's own dish
- 叩き箸たたきばしringing one's chopsticks against a dish (in order to request seconds, etc.) (a breach of etiquette)
- 塗り箸ぬりばしlacquered chopsticks
- 太箸ふとばしfestive chopsticks; thick round chopsticks used on festive occasions
- 嫌い箸きらいばしthings prohibited by chopstick etiquette
- 孕み箸はらみばしthick chopsticks with both ends equally thin
- 寄せ箸よせばしdrawing a dish towards oneself using one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)
- 忌み箸いみばしthings prohibited by chopstick etiquette
- 惑い箸まどいばしhovering one's chopsticks back and forth over side dishes, when trying to choose which one to take (a breach of etiquette)
- 拝み箸おがみばしclasping chopsticks between one's hands as in a gesture of prayer (a breach of etiquette)
- 拾い箸ひろいばしpassing food from one person's chopsticks to another's (a breach of etiquette)
- 指し箸さしばしpointing towards somebody or something with one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)
- 挵り箸せせりばしpoking one's food around using one's chopsticks; playing with one's food with one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)
- 探り箸さぐりばしusing one's chopsticks to find a food one likes by rummaging in one's dish, pot, etc. (a breach of etiquette)
- 揃え箸そろえばしaligning one's chopsticks by tapping them on the table, a dish, etc. (a breach of etiquette)
- 握り箸にぎりばしgrasping one's chopsticks the same way one might hold a walking stick (a breach of etiquette)
- 撥ね箸はねばしpushing away food one does not want to eat with one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)
- 杉箸すぎばしchopsticks made of cedar
- 横箸よこばしjoining both chopsticks together and using them as a spoon (breach of chopstick etiquette)
- 涙箸なみだばしdripping liquid (soup, sauce, etc.) from the tips of one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)
- 渡し箸わたしばしresting one's chopsticks across the top of one's bowl (a breach of etiquette)
- 渡り箸わたりばしusing one's chopsticks to jump from side dish to side dish without pausing to eat rice in between (a breach of etiquette)
- 火箸ひばしlong metal chopsticks (for handling charcoal, esp. in a brazier); fire tongs
- 焼け火箸やけひばしburning-hot tongs; red-hot tongs
- 直箸じかばしtaking food directly from a communal dish with one's own chopsticks
- 祝い箸いわいばしfestive chopsticks; thick round chopsticks used on festive occasions
- 禁じ箸きんじばしthings prohibited by chopstick etiquette
- 移り箸うつりばしusing one's chopsticks to jump from side dish to side dish without pausing to eat rice in between (a breach of etiquette)
- 空箸そらばしtouching a food with one's chopsticks, then removing them without taking it (a breach of etiquette)
- 立て箸たてばしsticking chopsticks upright into a bowl of rice (a breach of etiquette)
- 立箸たてばしsticking chopsticks upright into a bowl of rice (a breach of etiquette)
- 竹箸たけばしbamboo chopsticks
- 箸が転んでもおかしい年頃はしがころんでもおかしいとしごろage at which even the slightest things seem funny (esp. said of a girl in the late teens); age where even chopsticks rolling is amusing
- 箸が進むはしがすすむto eat a lot
- 箸にも棒にも掛からないはしにもぼうにもかからないhopeless; unmanageable
- 箸まくらはしまくらchopstick rest
- 箸を取るはしをとるto take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal); to start to eat
- 箸休めはしやすめentremets; intermezzo
- 箸使いはしづかいchopstick usage
- 箸初めはしぞめweaning ceremony
- 箸台はしだいchopstick rest
- 箸枕はしまくらchopstick rest
- 箸洗いはしあらいsimple and light soup taken between courses in a kaiseki meal, or during a formal tea ceremony
- 箸渡しはしわたしpassing a bone fragment from one pair of chopsticks to another while placing the remains of the deceased in a funerary urn; two people picking up the same bone fragment with chopsticks at the same time
Other readings
- 一本箸いっぽんばしsingle chopstick stuck upright into the bowl of rice offered to the deceased at their funeral
- 指箸さしばしpointing towards somebody or something with one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)
- 焼火箸やけひばしburning-hot tongs; red-hot tongs
- 真魚箸まなばしtype of long chopsticks used in the preparation of fish; type of long chopsticks used to hold the fish in carving knife ceremony
- 祝箸いわいばしfestive chopsticks; thick round chopsticks used on festive occasions
- 箸が転んでも可笑しい年頃はしがころんでもおかしいとしごろage at which even the slightest things seem funny (esp. said of a girl in the late teens); age where even chopsticks rolling is amusing
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