pachinko parlor; pachinko hall
A shop or establishment where people play pachinko, a popular Japanese mechanical game resembling a vertical pinball machine.
See also: パチンコ
A new pachinko parlor opened near the station.
He goes to the pachinko parlor every weekend.
Compound of パチンコ (pachinko, the game) and 屋 (shop, establishment). The word パチンコ is of uncertain origin, possibly onomatopoeic from the clicking sound of the balls.