“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 世論 What Japan Thinks)
| 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 |
| 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 |
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