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Meanings
1
kiseru; Japanese smoking pipe
A traditional Japanese smoking pipe with a small metal bowl and a long stem, used for finely shredded tobacco.
My grandfather used to smoke tobacco with a kiseru.
2
fire tube (of a fire-tube boiler)
Technical term in boiler engineering; refers to the tubes through which hot gases pass to heat water.
In a fire-tube boiler, hot gases pass through the fire tubes.
3
Rare or archaic use; modern Japanese normally uses 煙突 (えんとつ) for chimney.
In old documents, 煙管 is sometimes used to mean chimney.