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hashi Listen to the term in Japanese! or -bashi

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Niju-bashi, Tokyo Imperial Palace
Photo by Linda Freeman, July 5, 2003

bridge

The word (o)hashi, or -bashi, can mean either bridge or chopsticks, but the kanji for the two terms are different. Usually o-hashi refers to chopsticks and -bashi is used in the names of bridges. Bridges were very popular in art during the Edo period.

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