"Gerry" > wrote in message
.. .
> In article >, Nomen
> Nescio > wrote:
>
> > > One of those amazing surprises: We bumped into a chopstick store in
> > > the neightborhood of Kobe named Motomachi where we probably spent
> > > 45 minues. Hundreds of pairs of chopsticks on the wall, each
> > > beautiful, different, curious, fascinating.
> >
> > What are the different names for different kinds of chopsticks? I
> > know "hashi" or "ohashi" but I don't know which kind that term refers
> > to or if it's generic for any (all) chopsticks.
>
> I don't think there are other names. Hashi means chopsticks. o-hashi
> is the honorific version of same. I think that's about it. If you got
> cheap and disposable chopsticks, you might qualify it with "better" or
> "fancy" or "not junk" or something.
>

Chopsticks are always called O-hashi or Hashi.
The disposable kind is called Wari-Bashi (break-apart chopsticks).

Musashi