pachinko

English

Modern pachinko machines

Alternative forms

• pachinco

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: pə-chĭng'kō, IPA^(key): /pəˈt͡ʃɪŋkəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋkəʊ

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^[1]:

     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.

Derived terms

• pachinko allocation
• pachislo, pachislot, pachisuro

Translations

game

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 波子機／波子机 (bo¹ zi² gei¹)

  Mandarin: 彈珠機／弹珠机 (dànzhūjī), 柏青哥 (bǎiqīnggē), 柏青哥 (bóqīnggē) (chiefly Taiwan)

• Dutch: pachinko m
• Finnish: pachinko (fi)
• Japanese: パチンコ (ja) (pachinko)
• Korean: 파친코 (pachinko)
• Marathi: पाचिन्को m (pācinko)
• Russian: пати́нко n (patínko)

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^[2]:

     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.

Translations

tumble down

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 跌倒 (zh) (diēdǎo)

• Finnish: pomppia alas
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• bagatelle
• pinball

Dutch

A pachinko room in Akihabara, Japan.

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. pachinko

Derived terms

• pachinkohal

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese パチンコ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑtʃiŋko/, [ˈpɑ̝t̪ʃiŋko̞]
• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑtsiŋko/, [ˈpɑ̝ts̠iŋko̞]
• Syllabification^(key): pa‧chin‧ko

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 first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pachinkomme pachinkomme accusative nom. pachinkomme pachinkomme gen. pachinkomme genitive pachinkomme pachinkojemme partitive pachinkoamme pachinkojamme inessive pachinkossamme pachinkoissamme elative pachinkostamme pachinkoistamme illative pachinkoomme pachinkoihimme adessive pachinkollamme pachinkoillamme ablative pachinkoltamme pachinkoiltamme allative pachinkollemme pachinkoillemme essive pachinkonamme pachinkoinamme translative pachinkoksemme pachinkoiksemme abessive pachinkottamme pachinkoittamme instructive — — comitative — pachinkoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pachinkonne pachinkonne accusative nom. pachinkonne pachinkonne gen. pachinkonne genitive pachinkonne pachinkojenne partitive pachinkoanne pachinkojanne inessive pachinkossanne pachinkoissanne elative pachinkostanne pachinkoistanne illative pachinkoonne pachinkoihinne adessive pachinkollanne pachinkoillanne ablative pachinkoltanne pachinkoiltanne allative pachinkollenne pachinkoillenne essive pachinkonanne pachinkoinanne translative pachinkoksenne pachinkoiksenne abessive pachinkottanne pachinkoittanne instructive — — comitative — pachinkoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative pachinkonsa pachinkonsa accusative nom. pachinkonsa pachinkonsa gen. pachinkonsa genitive pachinkonsa pachinkojensa partitive pachinkoaan pachinkoansa pachinkojaan pachinkojansa inessive pachinkossaan pachinkossansa pachinkoissaan pachinkoissansa elative pachinkostaan pachinkostansa pachinkoistaan pachinkoistansa illative pachinkoonsa pachinkoihinsa adessive pachinkollaan pachinkollansa pachinkoillaan pachinkoillansa ablative pachinkoltaan pachinkoltansa pachinkoiltaan pachinkoiltansa allative pachinkolleen pachinkollensa pachinkoilleen pachinkoillensa essive pachinkonaan pachinkonansa pachinkoinaan pachinkoinansa translative pachinkokseen pachinkoksensa pachinkoikseen pachinkoiksensa abessive pachinkottaan pachinkottansa pachinkoittaan pachinkoittansa instructive — — comitative — pachinkoineen pachinkoinensa

Japanese

Romanization

pachinko

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