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My Japanese teacher told me there is no shorter way to say 自動販売機{じどうはんばいき}.
However, I found 自販機{じはんき} in my dictionary. Does a word (including slang) for
"vending machine" shorter than four morae exist?
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Does a word for vending machine shorter than 自販機 exist?
The wikipedia article for
[自動販売機](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%87%AA%E5%8B%95%E8%B2%A9%E5%A3%B2%E6%A9%9F)
confirms that 自販機 can be used as a short form but doesn't list any other
variants. 販売機{はんばいき} is another option.

The only slang term I know is ガチャ for those capsule vending machines (with
little toys or something inside).
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Just 自販 without the 機 is quite common.
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Never heard or seen 自販 used as a shortened form of 自動販売機 or 自販機. (I have lived
half of my life in Tokyo and the other half in Nagoya, and I am a Japanese-
speaker to begin with.) The only times I have heard/seen 自販 have been when it
was used to mean a "car dealer" （short for 自動車販売）. I am more than curious to
find out why that answer has so many upvotes.
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