Search Results "楊枝" – Japanese Vocabulary

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toothpick; skewer for eating moist wagashi; toothpick; skewer; toothbrush

楊枝

「ようじ」

noun

toothpick, skewer for eating moist wagashi (steel, bamboo, etc.)

toothpick

skewer (used to cut and hold sweets served at a tea ceremony)

toothbrush (orig. made from a thin willow branch frayed at one end)

Mazii Dict

Examples:

トto ムmu はhaつまようじ爪楊枝tsumayouji をwo くku わwa えe てte いi たta 。.

Tom was chewing on a toothpick.

ぶし武士bushi はhaく食ku わwa ねne どdoたかようじ高楊枝takayouji 。.

A samurai, even when he has not eaten, uses a toothpick like a lord.