管|かんkan[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounpipe; tube
   管かんから水みずが吹き出ふきだした。↗

   Water shot from the pipe.
2. nounwind instrument
3. noun, anatomyvessel; duct; tract; canal
4. countercounter for tube-shaped objects

• Synonym筒つつNeutralA hollow cylinder or tube-shaped object, e.g. 「竹筒」 (a bamboo cylinder); unlike 「管」, it does not stress carrying liquids or gases.
• SynonymパイプNeutralA loanword for a pipe or tube; also a tobacco pipe, or a channel of personal contacts, as in 「パイプ役」.
• SynonymチューブNeutralA loanword for a tube or hose; also the squeezable tube containers for toothpaste, paint and similar pastes.

Use 「管」 for pipes that carry liquids or gases. For a hollow cylinder say 「筒」; in everyday speech a pipe is often 「パイプ」 (also a tobacco pipe or a contact channel); squeezable tubes like toothpaste are 「チューブ」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 液体えきたいや気体きたいを通とおす、筒つつ状じょうの物もの。
2. 空気くうきを吹き込ふきこんで音おとを出だす楽器がっき。
3. 体からだの中なかにある、血液けつえきや空気くうきなどが通とおる細長ほそながい通り道とおりみち。
4. 筒つつのような物ものを数かぞえる時ときに使つかう言葉ことば。