パチンコ
Meanings
- pachinko, mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball(explanation)
- slingshot, catapult
- pistol
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Example sentences
My father goes to the pachinko parlor every weekend.
I ended up losing as much as fifty thousand yen at pachinko in one night.
I heard he got hooked on pachinko and spent nearly all his savings.
Pachinko is known as a uniquely Japanese gambling culture.
There are reports that in recent years, the pachinko industry has seen a significant drop in revenue due to tightened regulations.
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