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yuiyoshida

(41,864 posts) Thu Jul 16, 2015, 02:34 AM Jul 2015

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Begin Japanology: Chopsticks

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Begin Japanology: Chopsticks (Original Post) yuiyoshida Jul 2015 OP

I have a really nice set in black laquer with a gold butterfly and lotus flower. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2015 #1

I love to practice my Japanese: "You hava chopstick" zebonaut Jul 2015 #2

Anata wa Ohashi o motte imasu ka? yuiyoshida Jul 2015 #4

It took a long time for me to get the hang of chopsticks, Kurovski Jul 2015 #3

Try picking up half a peanut and slowly rotate it with one tip over the other.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2015 #5

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

1. I have a really nice set in black laquer with a gold butterfly and lotus flower.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 04:15 AM

Jul 2015

zebonaut

(3,688 posts)

2. I love to practice my Japanese: "You hava chopstick"

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 12:13 PM

Jul 2015

yuiyoshida

(41,864 posts)

4. Anata wa Ohashi o motte imasu ka?

Reply to zebonaut (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 01:07 PM

Jul 2015

(Do you have chopsticks?)

Hashi =chopsticks
Ohashi = Honorable Chopsticks
Waribashi= disposable chopsticks.

Kurovski

(34,655 posts)

3. It took a long time for me to get the hang of chopsticks,

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 12:58 PM

Jul 2015

but there is something very satisfying about using them. it's nice to not be changing utensils throughout a meal. My skills do need some refining, as this video reveals.

The "baby's first octopus" is very cute and funny.

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

5. Try picking up half a peanut and slowly rotate it with one tip over the other....

Reply to Kurovski (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 01:39 PM

Jul 2015

It's not just dexterity but the amount of pressure applied.

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