Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
はし > ばし
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
割箸
割りばし
 割り箸 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

() (wari, splitting) + (はし) (hashi, chopstick)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()(ばし) (waribashi

  1. "splittable chopsticks"; chopsticks in pairs that aren't entirely separated at one end and that can be split when used

Descendants edit

  • Korean: 와리바시 (waribasi)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN