1. pachinko - Noun
2. pachinko - Verb
a Japanese pinball game played on a vertical board
Source: WordNetThe film begins with a visual list of eight and a half Japanese Pachinko Parlours filmed in several Japanese cities -- Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto. Peter Greenaway
A player sitting at a used pachinko machine offering a 1 in x chance of hitting a jackpot in normal mode can hit it within x spins easily because the previous player did not realize that the machine was in senpuku. Source: Internet
In Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, city officials put up a banner in May saying, “We are under the state of emergency,” near a pachinko parlor that refused to shut down despite Chiba’s business closure request. Source: Internet
Once no more jackpots have been made, the pachinko machine reverts to its original setting. Source: Internet
Japanese pachinko players have not shown significant signs of protest in response to the incorporation of koatari; on the contrary, battle-type pachinko machines have become a major part of most parlors. Source: Internet
Koatari Starting in 2007, the majority of Japanese pachinko machines started to include koatari main (小当たり, small jackpot) into their payout systems. Source: Internet