NichiDict

箸渡し

はしわたし
[hashiwatashi]

Meanings

1.Noun

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

2.Noun

passing food from one pair of chopsticks to another (a breach of etiquette); two people picking up the same piece of food with chopsticks at the same time