くわえタバコ

くわえタバコ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
咥えタバコ 咥え煙草 銜えタバコ 銜え煙草 くわえ煙草

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) くわえタ​バコ [kùwáétáꜜbàkò] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɰᵝa̠e̞ta̠ba̠ko̞]

Noun

くわえタバコ • (kuwae-tabako) ^{←くはへタバコ (kufafe-tabako)?}

1. holding a cigar in one's mouth (without hands)
   • 1945, 若杉雄三郎 (lyrics), “ラバウル小唄 (Rabauru Kouta)”:

     星(ほし)がまたたく　あの星(ほし)見(み)れば
     くわえタバコも　ほろにがい

     hoshi ga matataku ano hoshi mireba
     kuwae-tabako mo horonigai

     (please add an English translation of this example)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN