🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

サッカーの試合

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sakkā no shiai

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Football match/ˈfʊt.bɔːl mætʃ/
nounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #2500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"私たちはスタジアムでサッカーの試合を観戦した。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A sports competition played between two teams of eleven players using a round ball, with the objective of scoring more goals than the opponent.

    "Millions of fans tuned in to watch the thrilling football match on television."
  2. 2

    An organized fixture or game within a league or tournament schedule.

    "The referee postponed the football match due to heavy rain and a waterlogged pitch."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'football' (derived from the game played on foot rather than on horseback, originating in medieval England) and 'match' (from Old English 'gemæcca', meaning a companion, equal, or contest). Over the 19th century, as modern association football rules were codified, the phrase became standard globally to describe a scheduled game between two competing teams.

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