あずーるにほんじんせつ；；
A shamoji (しゃもじ, 杓文字) or rice paddle is a large flat spoon used in East Asian cuisine. It is used to stir and to serve rice, and to mix vinegar into the rice for sushi.
It is said to have been first devised by a monk on Itsukushima, Hiroshima Prefecture[citation needed].
The word is an example of nyōbō kotoba, being derived from the first part of shakushi (杓子, "ladle"), plus the moji (文字, "character") suffix.