パイプpaipu

1. nounpipe; tube
   パイプのひび割われからガスが漏もれていた。↗

   Gas was escaping from a crack in the pipe.
2. noun(tobacco) pipe
   彼かれはパイプをくわえて話はなした。↗

   He spoke with a pipe in his mouth.
3. nouncigarette holder
4. noungo-between; intermediary; mediator; connections (with); channel (of communication)

• Synonym筒つつNeutralCovers cylinders and bamboo tubes, also gun barrels; 「パイプ」 centers on pipe used for conveying.
• SynonymチューブNeutralLoanword for flexible tubing or a toothpaste tube, also a tire inner tube.
• Synonym管かんNeutralMeans pipe and wind instrument, often a suffix as in 「水道管」; 「パイプ」 is the more colloquial choice.
• RelatedホースNeutralLoanword for a flexible hose, such as a garden hose; 「パイプ」 usually refers to rigid pipe.
• RelatedダクトNeutralLoanword for ventilation and air-conditioning ducts; 「パイプ」 mainly carries liquids or gases.
• Related導管どうかんWrittenWritten/formal prose for conduits that carry liquid, with technical and botanical overtones.

Use 「パイプ」 for pipes, a tobacco pipe, or channels of personal connection. Flexible hoses are 「ホース」 or 「チューブ」, ventilation ducts 「ダクト」, water pipes etc. 「〜管」, bamboo cylinders 「筒」.

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1. 管かん。導管どうかん。
2. 刻みタバコきざみたばこを吸すうための洋式ようしきのキセル。また、巻きタバコまきたばこの吸い口すいくち。
3. 管楽器かんがっき。
4. 二ふたつの個人こじん、団体だんたいの間あいだを取り持とりもつもの。