capsule toy; vending machine toy
Physical toy sold in a plastic capsule from a vending machine. Originally a trademark, now widely used generically.
See also: カプセルトイ
There are many capsule toy machines lined up in front of the station.
gacha; loot box; random in-game item system
In video games, a system where players spend currency to receive random virtual items, similar to capsule toy machines.
I tried spinning the gacha machine by the station and got a winning item.
The child turned the capsule toy machine and got a small figure.
It's hard to pull a rare character from this game's gacha.
I spent too much money on gacha.
Some young people feel they lost the parent lottery.
Life is like a gacha.
I spend too much real money on gacha every month and regret it.
Which department you get assigned to is basically a lottery.
I got a limited-edition character from the gacha.
The all-purpose counter for small discrete objects, used when no more specific counter applies.
台 counts the ガチャガチャ (gacha capsule-toy vending machine) itself, whereas 個 counts the individual capsule toys it dispenses.
clattering; rattling; clanking · persistently; annoyingly; on and on · messy; cluttered; untidy · capsule-toy vending machine; capsule toy · Mecopoda nipponensis (katydid)
complete gacha; comp gacha
parent lottery; luck of the draw with one's parents
hanging up abruptly while the other person is still talking
complete gacha; kompu gacha
From the onomatopoeic sound ガチャ (gacha) of turning the crank on a capsule toy vending machine. The video game sense is an extension of the physical capsule toy concept.