to take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal); to start to eat; to eat
entremets; intermezzo; small palate-cleansing dish served between courses
one's own chopsticks; washable chopsticks carried in a case (used instead of disposable chopsticks)
chopstick stand; weaning ceremony
chopstick stand; weaning ceremony
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
simple and light soup taken between courses in a kaiseki meal, or during a formal tea ceremony