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Meaning of "pachinko" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PACHINKO

Possibly from Japanese pachin, imitative of the sound of a ball being fired by a trigger.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PACHINKO

pachinko  [pəˈtʃɪŋkəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PACHINKO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pachinko is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PACHINKO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Pachinko

Pachinko is a mechanical game originating in Japan and is used as both a form of recreational arcade game and much more frequently as a gambling device, filling a Japanese gambling niche comparable to that of the slot machine in Western gaming. A pachinko machine resembles a vertical pinball machine, but has no flippers and uses a large number of small balls. The player fires balls into the machine, which then cascade down through a dense forest of pins. If the balls go into certain locations, they may be captured and sequences of events may be triggered that result in more balls being released. The object of the game is to capture as many balls as possible. These balls can then be exchanged for prizes. Pachinko machines were originally strictly mechanical, but modern ones have incorporated extensive electronics, becoming similar to video slot machines. Pachinko parlors are widespread in Japan, and they usually also feature a number of slot machines; hence, these venues operate and look similar to casinos. Modern pachinko machines are highly customizable, keeping enthusiasts continuously entertained. Gambling for cash is illegal in Japan.

Definition of pachinko in the English dictionary

The definition of pachinko in the dictionary is a Japanese game similar to pinball.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PACHINKO


banco
ˈbæŋkəʊ
barranco
bəˈræŋkəʊ
bronco
ˈbrɒŋkəʊ
bunko
ˈbʌŋkəʊ
Chernenko
tʃɜːˈɲɛŋkəʊ
donko
ˈdɒŋkəʊ
flamenco
fləˈmɛŋkəʊ
Franco
ˈfræŋkəʊ
gingko
ˈɡɪŋkəʊ
junco
ˈdʒʌŋkəʊ
panko
ˈpæŋkəʊ
pinko
ˈpɪŋkəʊ
Rodchenko
rɒdˈtʃɛŋkəʊ
saltimbanco
ˌsæltɪmˈbæŋkəʊ
sanko
ˈsæŋkəʊ
stinko
ˈstɪŋkəʊ
Timoshenko
ˌtɪməˈʃɛŋkəʊ
unco
ˈʌŋkəʊ
Yevtushenko
ˌjɛvtuːˈʃɛŋkəʊ
zinco
ˈzɪŋkəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PACHINKO

pacha
pachak
pachalic
Pachelbel
pachisi
Pachomius
pachouli
Pachuca
Pachuco
pachycarpous
pachydactyl
pachydactylous
pachyderm
pachydermal
pachydermatous
pachydermia
pachydermic
pachydermous
pachymeningitis
pachymeter

WORDS THAT END LIKE PACHINKO

alko
Archipenko
Bamako
Biko
Cranko
dekko
Disko
Dovzhenko
gecko
Gromyko
Lysenko
maiko
mako
moko
Nikko
plonko
Rothko
sicko
wacko
yuko

Synonyms and antonyms of pachinko in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pachinko» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PACHINKO

Find out the translation of pachinko to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pachinko from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pachinko» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

柏青哥
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pachinko
570 millions of speakers

English

pachinko
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पचिनको
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

باتشينكو
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

игровой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pachinko
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাচিনকো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pachinko
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pachinko
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pachinko
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

パチンコ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

파칭코
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pachinko
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pachinko
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பச்சினிக்கோ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पचिन्हो
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pachinko
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pachinko
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pachinko
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ігровий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pachinko
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pachinko
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Pachinko
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pachinko
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pachinko
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pachinko

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PACHINKO»

The term «pachinko» is regularly used and occupies the 57.059 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PACHINKO» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pachinko» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pachinko» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pachinko

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PACHINKO»

Discover the use of pachinko in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pachinko and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dreaming Pachinko
As the bodies pile up and the mystery deepens, Chaka must untangle the lies, obsessions, and seemingly supernatural events that link the dead woman to a forgotten, bloody incident from the desperate closing days of World War II. ...
Isaac Adamson, 2003
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Pachinko Allocation: DAG-structured Mixture Models of Topic ...
Statistical topic models are increasingly popular tools for summarization and manifold discovery in discrete data.
Wei Li, 2007
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The Pachinko Woman
Helim Kim, a beautiful Korean businesswoman with complex and dangerous ties to North Korean, Japanese, and American espionage interests, falls in love with an unsuspecting Los Angeles lawyer and desperately tries to keep her secrets from ...
Henry Mynton, 1999
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Winning Pachinko: The Game of Japanese Pinball
A glossary of pachinko terms, useful diagrams, and photographs accompany the text.
Eric Sedensky, 2013
5
The Pachinko Connection
“True, but that's small potatoes when compared to the money coming from the pachinko parlors. The pachinko business in Japan is a three-hundred-billion- dollar a year business; even though playing pachinko for cash prizes is supposed to ...
Donald G. Moore, 2003
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Multiethnic Japan
There are 18,000 pachinko parlors in Japan, more than the number of bookstores (Nomura 1996:93). In the mid-1980s, an estimated 2.7 million Japanese were serious fans of pachinko, and perhaps 30 million played with some frequency ...
John Lie, 2009
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The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Japanese Culture
Pachinko is a vertical pinball game that is often claimed to be the single most popular leisure activity in the country. Once an inexpensive game where winnings were traded in for small prizes, biscuits, chocolates or cigarettes, Pachinko is now ...
Sandra Buckley, 2009
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Japan: Why It Works, Why It Doesn't: Economics in Everyday Life
There have been efforts to legalize pachinko gambling in Japan. The National Police Agency believes that legalization might result in purging organized crime from the industry. But both the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Finance have  ...
James Mak, 1998
9
Japan in the 21st Century: Environment, Economy, and Society
Pachinko parlors such as this one in Kumamoto are a common element of the Japanese landscape. Pachinko, a sort of vertical pinball game, is a big business in Japan, with total revenues of about 28 trillion yen ($233 billion) a year, as much ...
Pradyumna Prasad Karan, 2005
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The Culture of Japan as Seen through Its Leisure
19 Ti me, Space, and jV\ov\(^y {Sultural Dimensions of the ''Pachinkc/'^ame Pachinko: For some people it is a mere pastime, for some it is hard work, for others an unpleasant nuisance, and for many others an enigma, but actually it is the most ...
Sepp Linhart, Sabine Fr hst ck, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PACHINKO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pachinko is used in the context of the following news items.
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Why foreign buyers are seeking 'worthless' wooden homes in Kyoto?
Only a few time capsules from Japan's pre-industrial past survive behind the tacky pachinko parlours. Machiya — merchants' wooden town ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
2
Did these researchers just create an autistic computer program?
ANNs describe brains as logical pachinko machines in which stimuli fall down through various weighted statistical paths determined by their ... «ExtremeTech, Jul 15»
3
What the Philippines brings to casinos worldwide
Okada also added facets of Japanese culture, such as the blazing lights of pachinko machines to the slot machines in order to create a unique ... «Rappler, Jul 15»
4
Aruze Gaming America expanding Philippines factory
... which in turn is controlled by billionaire gaming entrepreneur Kazuo Okada, who made his original fortune via Japan's pachinko industry. «GGRAsia, Jul 15»
5
'Chindon-ya' street performers to grace Tokyo's famed National …
They were a common sight when new outlets, such as vegetable stores, fish stores or pachinko parlors, were opened. Hayashi also advertised ... «Asahi Shimbun, Jul 15»
6
A foodie road trip near Melbourne
... retro metal signs of every description, old Japanese Pachinko machines, even a trio of oversized gorilla figures, all dressed to the nines and ... «The West Australian, Jul 15»
7
History, hexes feature in criminal potpourri
... such as how to quit smoking or winning pachinko techniques — the weeklies also treat their readers to snippets of Japanese history. «The Japan Times, Jul 15»
8
Can Japan Save These Struggling Las Vegas Casino Companies?
While there are certainly still headwinds, one of the biggest Pachinko gaming companies (arcade-style games with a gambling feel) in the ... «Motley Fool, Jul 15»
9
Shedding Snake – The Downward Spiral Of Konami And Kojima's …
Console games once seemed like the only way to strike gold outside of pachinko machines and arcades. Music/rhythm games, while trying to ... «Game Informer, Jul 15»
10
'Minions': Cute critters better off as second bananas, reviews say
... or 'pachinko' — is not my idea of fun. I, too, once enjoyed the Minions, in the small doses that they came in. But the extra-strength 'Minions' is, ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»

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