noun
- a Japanese gambling game played on a vertical pinball-like machine where small steel balls are shot into a playing field
Examples
- He spent hours playing pachinko at the arcade.
- Pachinko parlors are common throughout Japan.
- The pachinko machine lit up with flashing lights and sounds.
- She won a small prize from the pachinko game.
- Pachinko is considered a form of entertainment rather than gambling in Japan.
- The steel balls cascaded down the pachinko machine.