noun
smoke from human dwellings; sign of human habitation
Literary word evoking the presence of people through the smoke rising from their homes; often used in descriptions of desolate or uninhabited places.
人煙のない荒野が広がっていた。
A wilderness without any sign of human habitation stretched out.
遠くに人煙が立ち上るのが見えた。
In the distance, smoke rising from a settlement could be seen.