ゴール

ゴール · gooru · JLPT N3 · noun

goal

🥅⚽ Borrowed straight from English goal, said the Japanese way: go-o-ru

ゴール is a loanword from English goal. Japanese has no final L sound, so the L becomes ru and the long o is stretched: goal turns into go-o-ru. It covers both a sports goal and a finish line or target.

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