Smoking gun - Insulation

Japanese: 烟鎗 - いんそう
Smoking gun - Insulation


[China]
In the common Chinese language (Mandarin, National Language) where the Beijing dialect is the standard language, it is called "smoke bag", but in the southern regions, such as Cantonese, it is called "smoke tube", and in the Minnan dialect most widely used in Taiwan, it is called "smoke blow". However, a kiseru for smoking opium is called "yen gun". As far as orthography is concerned, the reason why "smoke bag", which means a tobacco bag, is called kiseru is probably for the following reasons.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "smoke gun" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:


[中国]
 北京方言を標準語とする中国の民族共通語(普通話,国語)では〈煙袋〉というが,南部地方たとえば広東では〈煙筒〉といい,台湾で最も通用している閩南(びんなん)語では〈煙吹〉という。ただし,アヘン吸飲用のきせるは〈烟鎗〉などと称している。正字法でいうかぎり,タバコ入れ袋の意である〈煙袋〉をきせるとするのは次のような理由からであろう。…

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