verb
to negotiate through a field of scattered obstacles because there isn’t a direct pathway through
This is derived from the Japanese vertical pinball game called “pachinko”, in which the tiny steel balls have to randomly bounce and weave their way through a scattered field of little immovable pins.
to negotiate through a field of scattered obstacles because there isn’t a direct pathway through
This is derived from the Japanese vertical pinball game called “pachinko”, in which the tiny steel balls have to randomly bounce and weave their way through a scattered field of little immovable pins.
“Did you ever notice how in a tourist trap there is no direct pathway to the only bathroom? You have to pachinko through a junk shop littered with display stands filled with rubber tomahawks, pecan logs and Mexican jumping beans.”
by goose_on_a_roof August 27, 2022
(n), (u)
1) one of the sources of funds for North Korea. Up to 30 percent of the pachinko industry is controlled by North Koreans and Japanese of Korean descent in Japan, and at least US $100 million a year is funneled across the Sea of Japan into their homeland via the Chongryon and North Korean-controlled banks
1) one of the sources of funds for North Korea. Up to 30 percent of the pachinko industry is controlled by North Koreans and Japanese of Korean descent in Japan, and at least US $100 million a year is funneled across the Sea of Japan into their homeland via the Chongryon and North Korean-controlled banks
Do not want to play pachinko. Pachinko money does make street children in North Korea starve to death.
by Abajian November 3, 2005
by Lambnesio April 9, 2007
by sukebe November 24, 2006
by sukebe November 23, 2006
Pachinko is a gambling game played in japan most comonly found in tokyo. Whoever said its a word for prostitue has some serious issues...
by Pandora February 10, 2004