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噛みタバコ (かみタバコ, kamitabako) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

噛かみタバコ

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み

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バ

コ

Meanings

1

chewing tobacco

Refers to tobacco that is chewed rather than smoked.

噛かみタバコは健けん康こうに悪わるい。
Chewing tobacco is bad for your health.

Kanji

噛chew, bite, gnaw
煙smoke
草grass, weeds, herbs

Written forms

噛かみタバコ
Standard mixed kanji-katakana spelling.
噛かみ煙草たばこ
ateji (phonetic kanji usage)

Ateji spelling; rarely used.

噛煙草かみたばこ

ateji (phonetic kanji usage)

Ateji spelling; rarely used.

Etymology

Compound of 噛み (kami, 'chewing') + タバコ (tabako, 'tobacco').