gacha
See also: gâcha
English
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
Japanese ガチャ, shortened form of ガチャポン.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɑː.t͡ʃə/
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Noun
gacha (countable and uncountable, plural gachas)
- A small toy sold in a plastic capsule in a vending machine, especially toys sold in or associated with Japan.
- 2018, Ennio De Nucci and Adam Kramarzewski, Practical Game Design[1], page 54:
- Gacha, from the Japanese word gachapon, refers to capsules sold in vending machines and containing random toys inside
- The vending machine that sells such toys.
- 2018 October 24, Oona McGee, “Pokemon cosplay for cats”, in Japan Today[2]:
- And if you’re looking for something that’s cute, compact, and affordable, you can’t go past the country’s gacha capsule toy vending machines.
- (video games) A mechanism in certain video games, especially mobile games, whereby in-game items or characters are purchased randomly with real money.
- 2018, Ennio De Nucci and Adam Kramarzewski, Practical Game Design[3], page 394:
- Since a loot table with ten rewards won’t last for long, the very first step in gacha design is to ensure that you have enough content to make gacha a viable monetization strategy.
- (video games) A game which features this mechanic as its central feature.
See also
- (video games): loot box
Etymology 2
Noun
gacha
- A village-level administrative division in Inner Mongolia.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Verb
gacha
- third-person singular past historic of gacher
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
gacha m pers or m anim
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Unknown
Noun
gacha f (plural gachas)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
gacha
Further reading
- “gacha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Welsh
Pronunciation
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Verb
gacha
- Soft mutation of cacha.
Mutation
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