noun
Refers to a cigar, a rolled bundle of tobacco leaves for smoking.
彼は食後に葉巻タバコを吸うのが好きだ。
He likes to smoke a cigar after meals.
Common mixed kanji-katakana spelling.
Variant with okurigana き.
Ateji spelling using 煙草 for タバコ; rarely used.
Compound of 葉巻 (はまき, 'leaf roll') and タバコ ('tobacco'), literally 'leaf-rolled tobacco'. タバコ is a loanword from Portuguese 'tabaco'.