ガチャクラブ
Gacha Kurabu
ガチャクラブ (Gacha Kurabu) is the Japanese way to say "gacha club," which refers to the mobile game and app used for creating and dressing up anime-style characters.
ガチャクラブ is used as the proper name for the specific mobile application and game where users design and customize anime-style characters.
How do you pronounce it?
Gacha Kurabu
Did you know?
- The term ガチャ is used metaphorically in Japanese society to describe the 'birth lottery' known as 親ガチャ or 'parent gacha', referring to the randomness of one's family circumstances.
- The word 'gacha' in ガチャクラブ comes from the 'gachapon' machines found in Japanese arcades, which are toy capsule dispensers. The name mimics the 'gacha gacha' sound of the machine's crank.
- While the game is called ガチャクラブ in Japan, the 'gacha' mechanic is so ingrained in culture that it has spawned a verb ガチャる meaning to pull for a random item in any game.
Examples in context
- ガチャクラブをダウンロードしました。Gacha Kurabu o daunrōdo shimashita.I downloaded Gacha Club.
- ガチャクラブのキャラクターは可愛いですね。Gacha Kurabu no kyarakutā wa kawaii desu ne.The Gacha Club characters are cute, aren't they?
- 週末はガチャクラブで遊んでいます。Shūmatsu wa Gacha Kurabu de asonde imasu.I play Gacha Club on the weekends.
Example conversation
Two friends are talking about mobile games during a break.
- 結衣 Yui健太、ガチャクラブやってる？Kenta, Gacha kurabu yatteru?Kenta, do you play Gacha Club?
- 健太 Kentaうん、毎日遊んでいるよ。Un, mainichi asonde iru yo.Yeah, I play it every day.
- 結衣 Yuiいいな！私もやりたい。Ii na! Watashi mo yaritai.Lucky! I want to play too.
- 健太 Kenta一緒にキャラを作ろうか。Issho ni kyara o tsukurō ka.Shall we make characters together?
