oicho-kabu

alternative oichokabu

1. uncountablecard gamesA 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.

   Their game is oicho-kabu, played with hanafuda, or flower cards.

   2010, Mark Hersberger, chapter 9, in Tokyo Lives, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 68

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   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

   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