Illustration: In a Japanese pachinko parlor, an adult sits close to an upright machine, one hand turning the launch knob at its lower side. Small steel balls rise into the machine and descend through a dense field of pins toward several pockets.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

パチンコ

pachinko

pachinko

Example sentences

  1. 次郎じろうはパチンコでガッポリもうけて上機嫌じょうきげんだった。

    Jiro was all smiles after he made a bundle at the pachinko parlor.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれがパチンコするなんて絶対ぜったいにないよ。

    He wouldn’t be caught dead playing pachinko.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 私わたしたちは、パチンコをして時ときを過すごした。

    We passed the time playing pachinko.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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