noun
cigarette butt; cigarette end; tobacco ashes
Refers to the leftover part of a smoked cigarette, including the filter and any remaining tobacco. Often used in contexts of littering or ashtrays.
道に吸い殻を捨てないでください。
Please don't throw cigarette butts on the street.
灰皿に吸い殻がいっぱいだ。
The ashtray is full of cigarette ends.
Standard kanji spelling with okurigana; the most common written form.
Abbreviated kanji spelling without okurigana; less common but still encountered.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; sometimes used for readability.
Rare mixed spelling without the okurigana い.
Compound of 吸い (sui, 'inhaling/smoking', the continuative form of 吸う) and 殻 (gara, 'husk/shell/remains'). Literally 'smoking remains'.