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► 動詞
煙たがる  [(4)けむたがる]  [coll]    meaning:  avoid  rank: 4
☆ 父親のことを煙たがっている ⇨ He is feeling a generation gap with his father and avoiding him  (☛ Young people avoid typically parents, because they feel they are too overbearing and old-fashioned)

煙る  [けむる]    meaning:  smoke  rank: 4
☆ 山火事のせいで煙っている ⇨ The sky is smoky because of the wildfire

► 成句
  [(1)けむ]  [煙に巻く]  [coll]    meaning:  deceive  rank: 3
☆ 理屈持ち出してを煙にこうとした ⇨ He tried to confuse me with a weird logic

► 名詞
  [けむり]    meaning:  smoke  rank: 1
☆ タバコの煙 ⇨ Cigarette smoke
☆ 火口から煙ががった ⇨ Smoke came up the volcano opening

► 形容詞
煙たい  [(3)けむたい]    meaning:  comfortable  rank: 3
☆ にとって父親は煙たい存在だ ⇨ For him his father is an uncomfortable presence  (☛ Literally “smoky”. Annoyance toward senior figures because of their authoritative ways)