博打ばくち

noun

gambling; gaming

General term for games of chance involving money or stakes.

• 彼かれはばくちで全ぜん財ざい産さんを失うしなった。

  He lost his entire fortune through gambling.

noun

speculation; risky venture

Figurative extension: taking a big risk in business or life, as if gambling.

• その投とう資しは一いっ種しゅのばくちだった。

  That investment was a kind of gamble.

noun

professional gambler; gamester

Archaic term for a person who makes a living by gambling. Modern Japanese usually uses 博徒 or ギャンブラー.

See also: ばくち打ち (ばくちうち)

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいのばくちは、しばしば博奕ばくち打うちと呼よばれた。

  Professional gamblers in the Edo period were often called 博奕打ち.