snuff
Powdered tobacco inhaled through the nose; a specific type of tobacco product distinct from smoking or chewing tobacco.
Snuff was popular during the Edo period.
He inhaled the snuff through his nose.
Kanji spelling for tobacco in general; 嗅ぎタバコ is a compound meaning 'sniffing tobacco'.
Standard mixed kanji-katakana spelling; the most common written form.
Hiragana variant of the second part; less common but still seen.
Ateji spelling using 煙草 for タバコ; rarely used in modern writing.
Abbreviated ateji spelling; very rare and mostly historical.
Compound of 嗅ぎ (kagi, 'sniffing', from 嗅ぐ) + タバコ (tabako, 'tobacco'). The kanji 煙草 is an ateji for タバコ.