スマートボール

noun

smart ball; Japanese pinball-like game

A traditional Japanese arcade game resembling pinball, played on a slanted board with nails and pockets. The term is wasei-eigo from English 'smart ball'.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from smart ball

• 縁えん日にちでスマートボールを楽たのしんだ。

  I enjoyed playing smart ball at the festival.

• スマートボールはパチンコの原げん型けいと言いわれることもある。

  Smart ball is sometimes said to be a precursor to pachinko.