煙えん管かん

noun

kiseru; Japanese smoking pipe

A traditional Japanese smoking pipe with a small metal bowl and a long stem, used for finely shredded tobacco.

• 祖そ父ふは煙えん管かんでたばこを吸すっていた。

  My grandfather used to smoke tobacco with a kiseru.

noun

fire tube (of a fire-tube boiler)

Technical term in boiler engineering; refers to the tubes through which hot gases pass to heat water.

• 煙えん管かんボイラーでは、煙えん管かんの中なかを高こう温おんのガスが通とおる。

  In a fire-tube boiler, hot gases pass through the fire tubes.

noun

chimney

Rare or archaic use; modern Japanese normally uses 煙突 (えんとつ) for chimney.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは煙えん管かんが煙えん突とつの意い味みで使つかわれることがある。

  In old documents, 煙管 is sometimes used to mean chimney.