Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top You've loaded an old revision of the document! If you save it, you will create a new version with this data. Media Files==== 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" ==== 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 Please fill all the letters into the box to prove you're human. Please keep this field empty: SavePreviewCancel Edit summary Note: By editing this page you agree to license your content under the following license: CC Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International chopstick_bad_manners.1575314448.txt.gz Last modified: 2019-12-02 19:20by nik