How to say "cigar" in Japanese

• タバコJLPT N5approx.Common
  nounThe broad word for tobacco, whose senses include cigarettes and cigars; it suits talk about smoking in general, but on its own it does not make clear that a cigar is meant.
• 葉巻はまきCommon
  nounThe specific word for a cigar; use it when you mean the cigar itself, as when offering, buying, or lighting one, rather than tobacco or cigarettes in general.
  向むこうで葉巻はまきを吸すっている背せの高たかい男おとこの人ひとは有名ゆうめいな映画えいが監督かんとくだ。↗

  The tall guy smoking a cigar over there is a famous director.

Use 葉巻 when you mean a cigar specifically; 「タバコ」 is the general word for tobacco, covering cigarettes and cigars alike, so it fits 'cigar' only in a broad, nonspecific sense.

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• たばこtobacco
• 葉巻はまきcigar
• シガーcigar
• 葉巻タバコはまきタバコcigar
• 巻きタバコまきタバコcigarette