A popular Japanese mechanical gambling game (pachinko) in which small metal balls are shot into a machine; matching patterns yield prizes or more balls.
母は毎週土曜日にパチンコ店へ行きます。
My mother goes to the pachinko parlor every Saturday.
新しいパチンコ台は画面が大きくて音も派手だ。
The new pachinko machines have big screens and flashy sounds.
彼はパチンコで大勝ちして旅行に行った。
He won big at pachinko and went on a trip.
パチンコ玉が床に落ちて、店員が拾っていた。
Pachinko balls fell on the floor and the staff were picking them up.
A slingshot or small catapult (informal term for a handheld device used to shoot small projectiles).
子どもがゴムでパチンコを作って遊んでいる。
The children made a slingshot out of rubber bands and are playing with it.
鳥を追い払うために小さなパチンコを使った。
He used a small slingshot to chase the birds away.
Colloquial slang for a pistol or small firearm (used informally; context may imply threat or violence).
彼はポケットにパチンコを隠していた。
He had a pistol hidden in his pocket.
映画の中で主人公がパチンコで撃つシーンがある。
In the movie, the protagonist fires a pistol in one scene.