塗(ぬ)り箸(ばし)

ぬりばし
noun
lacquered chopsticks
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1. lacquered chopsticks
Reusable chopsticks coated with lacquer, often decorated. The everyday chopsticks used at home, as opposed to disposable 割(わ)り箸(ばし).
赤(あか)い塗(ぬ)り箸(ばし)。
Red lacquered chopsticks.
塗(ぬ)り箸(ばし)は麺(めん)が滑(すべ)りやすい。
Noodles slip easily off lacquered chopsticks.
輪島塗(わじまぬり)の塗(ぬ)り箸(ばし)を、夫婦箸(めおとばし)として両親(りょうしん)に贈(おく)った。
I gave my parents a matching pair of Wajima-lacquer chopsticks.

塗(ぬ)る (to coat, to paint) + 箸(はし) (chopsticks); hashi becomes -bashi in the compound (rendaku).

Similar words

  • 割(わ)り箸(ばし): disposable wooden chopsticks that you split apart
  • 菜箸(さいばし): long cooking chopsticks
  • 夫婦箸(めおとばし): a matched pair of chopsticks for a married couple, a common gift

輪島(わじま) (Ishikawa) and 若狭(わかさ) (Fukui) are known for lacquered chopsticks.

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