# pachinko
## English
### 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). Compare etymology of gacha, from Japanese ガシャポン.

### Pronunciation

* enPR: pə-chĭng'kō, IPA: /pəˈt͡ʃɪŋkəʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪŋkəʊ

### Noun

pachinko (plural pachinkos)
* 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: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
* pachinko machine (synonym)

#### Translations
### Verb

pachinko (third-person singular simple present pachinkos, present participle pachinkoing, simple past and past participle pachinkoed)
* (intransitive) To tumble down through a series of obstacles.
** 2016, Alex Livingston, Glitch Rain‎: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.

#### See also

* bagatelle
* pinball

## Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Noun

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

#### Derived terms

* pachinkohal

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese パチンコ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɑtʃiŋko/, [ˈpɑ̝t̪ʃiŋko̞]
* IPA: /ˈpɑtsiŋko/, [ˈpɑ̝ts̠iŋko̞]
* Rhymes: -ɑtʃiŋko
* Hyphenation: pa‧chin‧ko

### Noun

pachinko
* pachinko

#### Declension

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
* Rōmaji transcription of ぱちんこ
* Rōmaji transcription of パチンコ