noun
A direct loanword from English, used in Japanese to refer to automated machines that dispense goods such as drinks, snacks, or tickets.
駅のベンディングマシーンで飲み物を買った。
I bought a drink from the vending machine at the station.
Variant with interpunct; less common but still seen.
The standard Japanese term for 'vending machine', far more common than ベンディングマシーン, which is a direct English loanword used mainly in certain contexts or by younger speakers.
Borrowed from English 'vending machine'.