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.
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.