24. Sorabashi 空箸 ("dishonest chopsticks")
Don't touch a piece of food with your chopsticks but then not eat it.
If you touch something edible with your chopsticks, you MUST put it in your mouth IMMEDIATELY.
Don't touch a piece of food with your chopsticks but then not eat it.
If you touch something edible with your chopsticks, you MUST put it in your mouth IMMEDIATELY.
25. Sukashibashi すかし箸 ("poking through chopsticks")
After eating the top half of a fish, don't eat the bottom half by poking through the bones (you are supposed to flip it over to eat the other side).
After eating the top half of a fish, don't eat the bottom half by poking through the bones (you are supposed to flip it over to eat the other side).
26. Jikabashi 直箸 ("direct chopsticks")
This refers to using your own personal chopsticks to take food directly from the serving dish instead of using serving chopsticks or another serving implement.
This refers to using your own personal chopsticks to take food directly from the serving dish instead of using serving chopsticks or another serving implement.