==== Chopstick Bad Manners ====

"Ranking on bad chopstick habits people have and bad manners in others that they can’t help noticing. Both surveys were conducted between the 20th and 24th of July 2007" (via [[https://whatjapanthinks.com/2007/08/29/chopstick-bad-habits-in-oneself-and-others/|世論 What Japan Thinks]]) 


==== Q1: Which chopstick bad manners can you just not break? ====

^ Rank ^ 日本語 ^ Explanation ^ Score ^
| 1 | 渡し箸 | watashi bashi: Resting chopsticks sideways across the top of dishes | 100 |
| 2 | 探り箸 | saguri bashi: Stirring soup trying to find that last chunk of tofu, etc | 83.1 |
| 3 | 突き箸・刺し箸 | tsuki bashi, sashi bashi: Spearing food then eating it | 79.1 |
| 4 | 直箸 | choku bashi: Not using the serving chopsticks, but your own sticks to get food from shared plates | 71.2 |
| 5 | もぎ箸 | mogi bashi: Sucking off grains of rice, etc, stuck to the chopsticks | 65.4 |
| 6 | 重ね箸 | kasane bashi: Eating just one dish continuously | 61.9 |
| 7 | 持ち箸 | mochi bashi: Grabbing a dish, glass, etc whilst holding chopsticks in the same hand | 61.6 |
| 8 | 迷い箸 | mayoi bashi: Hovering chopsticks over the dishes while humming and hawing about what to eat | 54.4 |
| 9 | 受け箸 | uke bashi: Holding chopsticks when asking for more rice | 44.8 |
| 10 | 掻き箸 | kaki bashi: Holding a bowl to your mouth and shovelling food in | 43.0 |
| 11 | 舐り箸 | neburi bashi: Licking your chopsticks | 27.6 |
| 12 | 撥ね箸 | hane bashi: Pushing away disliked food with chopsticks | 23.8 |
| 13 | 寄せ箸 | yose bashi: Pulling dishes closer with chopsticks | 23.5 |
| 14 | 洗い箸 | arai bashi: Washing chopsticks in soup | 16.3 |
| 15 | 指し箸 | sashi bashi: Pointing at people or things with chopsticks | 15.7 |
| 16 | すかし箸 | sukashi bashi: Rather than turning over a fish, picking away the meat from under the bones | 14.8 |
| 17 | 揃え箸 | soroe bashi: Suddenly lunging at dishes with chopsticks ready | 13.1 |
| 18 | 空箸 | kara bashi: Picking up food but not eating it | 8.7 |
| 19 | 移り箸・渡り箸 | utsuri bashi, watari bashi: Aiming to pick up one dish, but then suddenly switching to another | 8.7 |
| 20 | 涙箸 | namida bashi: Allowing tears of soup to drip from your chopsticks | 7.8 |

==== Q2: Which chopstick bad manners in others can you just not help noting? ====

^ Rank ^ 日本語 ^ Explanation ^  Score ^
| 1 | 仏箸 | hotoke bashi: The gaijin etiquette book favourite, standing your chopsticks up in a bowl of rice | 100 |
| 2 | 指し箸 | sashi bashi: Pointing at people or things with chopsticks | 91.9 |
| 3 | 叩き箸 | tataki bashi: Making a noise by striking dishes with chopsticks | 90.1 |
| 4 | 寄せ箸 | yose bashi: Pulling dishes closer with chopsticks | 84.8 |
| 5 | 舐り箸 | neburi bashi: Licking your chopsticks | 73.4 |
| 6 | 合わせ箸 | awase bashi: Passing food from chopstick to chopstick – another foreigner etiquette book favourite | 71.0 |
| 7 | 噛み箸 | kami bashi: Chewing chopsticks | 68.2 |
| 8 | 涙箸 | namida bashi: Allowing tears of soup to drip from your chopsticks | 67.4 |
| 9 | 突き箸・刺し箸 | tsuki bashi, sashi bashi: Spearing food then eating it | 62.6 |
| 10 | せせり箸 | seseri bashi: Poking or playing with your food using chopsticks | 62.1 |
| 11 | 迷い箸 | mayoi bashi: Hovering chopsticks over the dishes while humming and hawing about what to eat | 56.1 |
| 12 | 移り箸・渡り箸 | utsuri bashi, watari bashi: Aiming to pick up one dish, but then suddenly switching to another | 49.9 |
| 13 | 空箸 | kara bashi: Picking up food but not eating it | 49.5 |
| 14 | 違い箸 | chigai bashi: Using a mis-matched pair of chopsticks | 48.0 |
| 15 | 洗い箸 | arai bashi: Washing chopsticks in soup | 46.2 |
| 16 | 撥ね箸 | hane bashi: Pushing away disliked food with chopsticks | 36.0 |
| 17 | 揃え箸 | soroe bashi: Suddenly lunging at dishes with chopsticks ready | 35.0 |
| 18 | 掻き箸 | kaki bashi: Holding a bowl to your mouth and shovelling food in | 33.1 |
| 19 | 持ち箸 | mochi bashi: Grabbing a dish, glass, etc whilst holding chopsticks in the same hand | 29.8 |
| 20 | 込み箸 | komi bashi: Stuffing too much food into your mouth | 28.0 |