noun
kiseru; Japanese smoking pipe
A traditional Japanese smoking pipe with a small metal bowl and a long stem, used for finely shredded tobacco.
祖父は煙管でたばこを吸っていた。
My grandfather used to smoke tobacco with a kiseru.
煙管ボイラーでは、煙管の中を高温のガスが通る。
In a fire-tube boiler, hot gases pass through the fire tubes.
noun
Rare or archaic use; modern Japanese normally uses 煙突 (えんとつ) for chimney.
古い文献では煙管が煙突の意味で使われることがある。
In old documents, 煙管 is sometimes used to mean chimney.
Compound of 煙 (smoke) and 管 (pipe/tube). The reading えんかん is the on'yomi for both kanji. The word originally referred to a pipe for smoke, later extended to boiler tubes and chimneys.