JLPT N1 · Noun

パチンコ (pachinko)

パチンコ is a Japanese noun meaning “pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: パチンコ
Romaji: pachinko
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball · noun
slingshot; catapult · noun
pistol · noun · colloquial

Example sentences

次郎はパチンコでガッポリもうけて上機嫌だった。

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

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Source: JMdict entry 1101660 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.