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oicho-kabu

/ˌɔɪ.t͡ʃoʊˈkɑː.buː/

oicho-kabu noun: a traditional Japanese gambling game similar to baccarat and the Korean game seotda, played with kabufuda or hanafuda cards, where the goal is to achieve a hand scoring as close to 9 points as possible.

Noun

oicho-kabu (uncountable)

  1. A traditional Japanese gambling game similar to baccarat and the Korean game seotda, played with kabufuda or hanafuda cards, where the goal is to achieve a hand scoring as close to 9 points as possible.
    • In the history of speculative amusements ranging from a sort of roulette gambling in the streets (densuke gambling), oicho kabu (a type of gambling), down to Pachinko, horse races, and bicycle races, new developments such as motor-boat races and automobile races appeared in the early 1950s.1965, Studies of Broadcasting, number 3, Theoretical Research Center, Radio & TV Culture Research Institute, Nippon Hoso Kyokai, page 125
    • Their game is oicho-kabu, played with hanafuda, or flower cards.2010, Mark Hersberger, chapter 9, in Tokyo Lives, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 68

Forms of oicho-kabu

alternative formoichokabu

Origin of oicho-kabu

Borrowed from Japanese おいちょかぶ (oicho-kabu). Compound of オイチョ (oicho, “the 8 card”) + カブ (kabu, “the 9 card”), borrowed from Portuguese oito (“eight”) and Portuguese cabo (“end”, for being the highest card) respectively.

Questions about oicho-kabu

What does oicho-kabu mean?
Oicho-kabu means a traditional Japanese gambling game similar to baccarat and the Korean game seotda, played with kabufuda or hanafuda cards, where the goal is to achieve a hand scoring as close to 9 points as possible.
What part of speech is oicho-kabu?
Oicho-kabu is a noun.
How do you pronounce oicho-kabu?
Oicho-kabu is pronounced /ˌɔɪ.t͡ʃoʊˈkɑː.buː/.

Words near oicho-kabu in the dictionary

  1. oibara
  2. OIBITDA
  3. oic
  4. OIc.
  5. Oich
  6. oicho-kabu
  7. oichokabu
  8. oichomage
  9. OICs
  10. OID
  11. OIDC

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