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oichokabu

oichokabu is the alternative form of oicho-kabu.

Meaning of oicho-kabu

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

Questions about oichokabu

What is oichokabu the alternative form of?
Oichokabu is the alternative form of oicho-kabu.

Words near oichokabu in the dictionary

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

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