Smoking pipe - Kiseru

Japanese: 煙管 - キセル

〘Noun〙 (khsier meaning "pipe") 1. A tool in which chopped tobacco is placed in one end of a pipe, lit, and the smoke is inhaled through the mouthpiece at the other end. Most are made of metal at both ends and bamboo in the middle. The mouth where the tobacco is placed is called the bowl, the entire curved part with the bowl attached is called the gankubi , and the pipe between the gankubi and the mouthpiece is called the lau . It is believed to have been introduced to Japan around the Keicho era ( 1596-1615 ). kiseru. kisero. kiseru tube. *Umezu Masakage Diary - April 26, 1612 (Keicho 17) "I played kiseru in the hospital, and it was like I was playing kiseru." *Hebiguri Monogatari (1938) <Shibukawa Takeshi> "I sat in front of a long brazier with my kiseru in hand." 2. In the past, someone who sold smoking kiseru at plays. Kiseru seller. ※Gekijyo Shinwa (1804-09), Part 1: "The half-tatami fire-rope sellers stand to one side when the curtain is raised. (Omitted) They are called kiseru." ③ (From its resemblance to a silver tobacco pipe) Another name for "tokage (lizard)." ※Miscellaneous haiku, Yanagi Taru-Shichihachi (1823), "Taro kiseru dabuchi korose buchi korose." ④ (From the phrase "There is money ahead and behind") A method of bribery in elections. Giving money to voters in two installments, before and after voting. [Modern Japanese Dictionary (1930)] ⑤ (Abbreviation of "Kiseru nori (━ ride)." From the fact that money (fare) is only on the head and mouth of a kiseru) A type of illegal riding on trains, etc. Holding only tickets for the boarding and disembarking stations, and not paying fares for sections in between. [Modern Japanese Dictionary (1930)] * A story written in water (1965) by Yojiro Ishizaka, part 3: "A young gymnastics teacher nicknamed Kiseru (a name that comes from the fact that he cheated on his train pass and got a free ride)"

En-kan ...kwan [tobuki pipe]

〘 noun 〙① A tool used for smoking tobacco. Kiseru. [Kamo Toshiki Zatsukoto (1816)]② A tube for directing smoke. A chimney.

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (khsier 「管」の意)① 管の一端に刻みタバコをつめて火をつけ、他端の吸口からその煙を吸う道具。両端が金属、途中が竹でできている物が多い。タバコをつめる口を火皿、火皿のついた湾曲している部分全体を雁首(がんくび)、雁首と吸口の中間の管を羅宇(ラウ)と呼ぶ。日本に慶長（一五九六‐一六一五）頃に伝来したとされる。キセリ。キセロ。キセル筒。※梅津政景日記‐慶長一七年（1612）四月二六日「院内にてきせるをかい、ふききせるの様にいたし」※臍繰物語（1938）〈渋川驍〉「長火鉢の前にキセルを持って坐ったが」② 昔、芝居で喫煙用の火縄を売った者。火縄売。※劇場新話（1804‐09頃）上「半畳火縄売りは揚幕の際に片寄居る。〈略〉一名きせるといふ」③ (銀煙管に似ているところから) 「とかげ（蜥蜴）」の異名。※雑俳・柳多留‐七八（1823）「太いきせるだぶちころせぶちころせ」④ (「先とあとに金がある」というところから) 選挙での買収方法の一つ。投票前と後の二回に分けて有権者に金を渡すこと。〔モダン語辞典（1930）〕⑤ (「キセルのり（━乗）」の略。キセルの雁首と吸口だけに金（料金）がついているところから) 鉄道などの不正乗車の一つ。乗車駅付近と降車駅付近の乗車券だけを持ち、途中の区間の運賃を支払わないこと。〔モダン語辞典（1930）〕※水で書かれた物語（1965）〈石坂洋次郎〉三「キセル（汽車の定期券をゴマかしてただ乗りをやっていたからだという）というあだ名の若い体操教師が」