How to say "chimney" in Japanese

• 煙突えんとつJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounThe common word for a chimney — the structure that carries smoke away from a fire — and also for a smokestack, a ship's funnel, or a stovepipe. Use this one in most situations.
  あの煙突えんとつはとても高たかい。↗

  That chimney is very high.
• チムニー
  nounA direct borrowing of the English word, with the same meaning. It is less common than 煙突, so for a chimney in the ordinary sense that is the word to use.
• 煙出しけむだし
  nounA less common native word, literally 'smoke outlet', that can mean a chimney. For ordinary purposes, 煙突 is the word you want.
• カミン
  nounNot a building's chimney: this is the rock-climbing term for a narrow cleft in a rock face that a climber ascends. Use it only in that mountaineering sense.
• 煙り出しけむりだし
  nounEssentially a variant of 煙出し: a less common word, literally 'smoke outlet', for a chimney. Here too, 煙突 is what you will normally want.

For an ordinary chimney, smokestack, ship's funnel, or stovepipe, use 煙突; 「チムニー」, 「煙出し」, and 「煙り出し」 are less common alternatives, while 「カミン」 refers only to the rock-climbing sense — a narrow cleft in rock.

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• 煙突えんとつchimney
• チムニーchimney
• 煙出しけむだしchimney
• カミンchimney (narrow cleft used to climb a rock face)
• 煙り出しけむりだしchimney
• 煙道えんどうchimney
• 排気筒はいきとうchimney
• 煙管えんかんchimney
• シュミネchimney (narrow cleft used to climb a rock face)