たばこ
たばこ · tabako · JLPT N5 · noun
cigarettes
🚬 From Portuguese tabaco: sounds almost exactly like tobacco
Portuguese traders brought tobacco to Japan in the 1500s, and the word came with it. Say tabako aloud and you hear tobacco with a k. It is one of the oldest loanwords, so it is often written in hiragana instead of katakana.