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; 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
volunteer organization (organisation)
insertion; inlaying; immersion
propensity to put oneself in as bad a light as possible; being prone to act bad
comedic style; humorous; funny; comical
picking up bones and bone fragments from (a person's) cremated remains with chopsticks and putting them in a funerary urn
chopstick stand; weaning ceremony
gaiters; leggings; puttees
hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.)
ceremony hall (for weddings, funeral services, etc.)
similar story; variant tale
black and white striped curtain (used at funeral service)
to neglect; to leave undone; to lay aside
damage to crops by vermin (esp. insects); pest damage
to cut (into two or more pieces)
shellfish removed from the shell; shucked shellfish
(practice of) self-injury; (habit of) self-harm
to sweep up together; to sweep into a heap
writer of children's stories
object cut off at the end; sudden, abrupt ending
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
sky burial (funeral ritual in which the body of the deceased is exposed to be eaten by birds)
Japanese sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis)
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
Yūyake Koyake (1919 children's song)
chopping board; cutting board
Perot; Perrault; Perreau; Perrow
telephone table; telephone stand