パチンコ
Japanese
Etymology
Appears from the Taishō period in the early 1900s.
Compound of ぱちん (pachin, onomatopoeia for a small hard thing striking something else; compare English kaching) + 子 (-ko, suffix used to form nouns, often diminutive).
A pinball-like children's game was first called ガチャンコ (gachanko) of similar derivation, with this more gambling-oriented machine becoming popular from around 1947.[1]
Noun
パチンコ (rōmaji pachinko)
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