pachinko

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English

Modern pachinko machines
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Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese パチンコ (pachinko), from ぱちん (pachin, onomatopoeic sound of the machines) + (ko, diminutive).

Pronunciation

Noun

pachinko (plural pachinkos)

  1. A mechanical ball-dropping game similar to pinball, popular in Japan.
    • 1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 8:
      The rain kept up, falling along Harajuku, beading on her plastic jacket, the children of Tokyo trooping past the famous boutiques in white loafers and clingwrap capes, until she'd stood with him in the midnight clatter of a pachinko parlor and held his hand like a child.
    • 2012, John Branch, “Snow Fall : The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in New York Time:
      Snow filled her mouth. She caromed off things she never saw, tumbling through a cluttered canyon like a steel marble falling through pins in a pachinko machine.

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Verb

pachinko (third-person singular simple present pachinkos, present participle pachinkoing, simple past and past participle pachinkoed)

  1. (intransitive) To tumble down through a series of obstacles.
    • 2016, Alex Livingston, Glitch Rain:
      She drizzled them in slowly and listened to the susurration of the bolts pachinkoing their way through the refrigerators and fax machines, on their way to some illegal dump.

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Dutch

A pachinko room in Akihabara, Japan.
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Etymology

From English pachinko, from Japanese パチンコ (pachinko).

Noun

pachinko m (plural pachinko's, diminutive pachinkootje n)

  1. pachinko

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese パチンコ.

Pronunciation

Noun

pachinko

  1. pachinko

Declension

Inflection of pachinko (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative pachinko pachinkot
genitive pachinkon pachinkojen
partitive pachinkoa pachinkoja
illative pachinkoon pachinkoihin
singular plural
nominative pachinko pachinkot
accusative nom. pachinko pachinkot
gen. pachinkon
genitive pachinkon pachinkojen
partitive pachinkoa pachinkoja
inessive pachinkossa pachinkoissa
elative pachinkosta pachinkoista
illative pachinkoon pachinkoihin
adessive pachinkolla pachinkoilla
ablative pachinkolta pachinkoilta
allative pachinkolle pachinkoille
essive pachinkona pachinkoina
translative pachinkoksi pachinkoiksi
abessive pachinkotta pachinkoitta
instructive pachinkoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of pachinko (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative pachinkoni pachinkoni
accusative nom. pachinkoni pachinkoni
gen. pachinkoni
genitive pachinkoni pachinkojeni
partitive pachinkoani pachinkojani
inessive pachinkossani pachinkoissani
elative pachinkostani pachinkoistani
illative pachinkooni pachinkoihini
adessive pachinkollani pachinkoillani
ablative pachinkoltani pachinkoiltani
allative pachinkolleni pachinkoilleni
essive pachinkonani pachinkoinani
translative pachinkokseni pachinkoikseni
abessive pachinkottani pachinkoittani
instructive
comitative pachinkoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative pachinkosi pachinkosi
accusative nom. pachinkosi pachinkosi
gen. pachinkosi
genitive pachinkosi pachinkojesi
partitive pachinkoasi pachinkojasi
inessive pachinkossasi pachinkoissasi
elative pachinkostasi pachinkoistasi
illative pachinkoosi pachinkoihisi
adessive pachinkollasi pachinkoillasi
ablative pachinkoltasi pachinkoiltasi
allative pachinkollesi pachinkoillesi
essive pachinkonasi pachinkoinasi
translative pachinkoksesi pachinkoiksesi
abessive pachinkottasi pachinkoittasi
instructive
comitative pachinkoinesi

Japanese

Romanization

pachinko

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぱちんこ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of パチンコ