パチンコ

パチンコ · pachinko · JLPT N1 · noun

pachinko

🎰 Sounds like pachi-pachi, the click of steel balls hitting pins

The name copies the sound. パチパチ (pachi-pachi) is the onomatopoeia for a light click or crackle, and the machines are full of steel balls clicking down through rows of pins.

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