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パチ

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Kana: パチ
Romaji: pachi
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Definitions

1

snapping (e.g. book shut); clapping; crackling; sputtering

2

pachinko

Note: abbreviation; slang
See also: パチンコ

Example Sentences

(かれ)がパチンコをするなんて絶対(ぜったい)にない。
➥He wouldn't be caught dead playing pachinko.
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次郎(じろう)はパチンコでガッポリもうけて上機嫌(じょうきげん)だった。
➥Jiro was all smiles after he made a bundle at the pachinko parlor.
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先週(せんしゅう)はパチンコで()った友人(ゆうじん)()(にく)をごちそうになりました。()放題(ほうだい)でたらふく()べました。
➥Last week I was treated to dinner by my friend who'd won at pachinko. It was all-you-can-eat so I ate to my heart's content.
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(わたし)たちは、パチンコをして(とき)()ごした。
➥We passed the time playing pachinko.
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つきがいいほうではないのでパチンコもしないし(たから)くじも()いません。
➥I don't have good luck, so I don't play pachinko or buy lottery tickets.
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警察(けいさつ)だ。ちょっと(しょ)まで()てもらおうか」「な、なんで?」「こんな街中(まちちゅう)でドンパチやって(つみ)にならないわけないだろうが!!」
➥"This is the police. Would you mind coming down to the station?" "W-why?" "You can't think it's not a crime to go shooting guns off in the middle of town?!"
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