oicho-kabu – English noun declension

English noun forms of oicho-kabu

Noun: oicho-kabu
Singularoicho-kabu

Sample Sentences

  • 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:]
  • The term Yakuza is derived from a Japanese card game, Oicho-Kabu, which is played similarly to the American card game of blackjack. [2011, Stephen L. Mallory, “The Yakuza” (chapter 8), in Understanding Organized Crime, Jones & Bartlett Learning, →ISBN, page 139:]
  • Couldn't we play with hanafuda cards instead? I asked. I had a decent amount of experience with oichokabu or koi koi thanks to playing with my mom's family in the countryside. [2013, Nagaru Tanigawa, translated by Paul Tuttle Starr, The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya, volume 2, Yen Press, →ISBN:]
  • He'd won the hat from a city boy in a game of oicho-kabu three days ago and he was terribly proud of it, strutting in front of her like an emerald crane in a courting dance, laughing as hard as split lips would let him. [2013, Jay Kristoff, “Crescendo” (chapter 47), in Kinslayer, St. Martin's Publishing Group, →ISBN:]

Etymology

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. See: Portuguese Nouns 'oito', Portuguese Nouns 'cabo'.