煙(けむり)

けむり

noun

smoke, fumes

1. smoke, fumes

The visible vapor released from burning material.

タバコの煙(けむり)

Cigarette smoke.

煙(けむり)で目(め)が痛(いた)い。

My eyes hurt from the smoke.

煙(けむり)が立(た)ち上(のぼ)っている。

Smoke is rising.

工場(こうじょう)から煙(けむり)が出(で)ていた。

Smoke was coming from the factory.

火事(かじ)の煙(けむり)が空(そら)に広(ひろ)がり、遠(とお)くからでも見(み)えた。

The smoke from the fire spread across the sky and could be seen from far away.

煙(けむり) is the visible vapor produced by burning materials.

Common patterns

煙(けむり)が出(で)る: smoke comes out
煙(けむり)が立(た)ち上(のぼ)る: smoke rises
煙(けむり)を吸(す)う: to inhale smoke
煙(けむり)に巻(ま)く: to confuse, evade (idiom)

Types of smoke

タバコの煙(けむり): cigarette smoke
排気(はいき)ガス: exhaust fumes
煙霧(えんむ): smoky haze

Related words

煙突(えんとつ): chimney
煙(けむ)い: smoky (i-adjective)
煙(けむ)たい: smoky; annoying (figurative)

Writing

The kanji 煙(けむり) can also be read as けむ in compounds like 煙(けむ)たがる (to find someone bothersome).

Related Words

Related: 煙(けむ)い (smoky (adjective))

Related: 煙(けむ)たい (smoky; hard to be around)

Compare: 湯気(ゆげ) (steam)

Related: 燻(くすぶ)る (to smolder)

Compare: すす (soot)

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Added 2026.1.11 16:26 · Revised 2026.9.2 12:02

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