一本箸

Reading

Kana: いっぽんばし

Romaji: ipponbashi

Definition

noun

1

single chopstick stuck upright into the bowl of rice offered to the deceased at their funeral

Kanji

一

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ

Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

箸

Readings: チョ、 チャク、 はし

Meaning: chopsticks