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宝くじ — meaning in English

takarakuji

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English meaning

  • lottery noun A game in which people buy numbered tickets and prizes are awarded to whichever numbers are drawn at random.

Senses

宝くじ is used for these senses in English:

  • lottery A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks.

lottery — full definition

  1. noun A game in which people buy numbered tickets and prizes are awarded to whichever numbers are drawn at random.
  2. noun Something whose outcome depends entirely on chance rather than effort or skill.

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