When you\u2019re watching the World Cup matches on TV this summer, see if you can hear these turns of phrase:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u8ca0\u3051\u3089\u308c\u306a\u3044\u6226\u3044 (makerarenai tatakai): A must-win match. Often emphasized as \u7d76\u5bfe\u306b\u8ca0\u3051\u3089\u308c\u306a\u3044\u6226\u3044 (zettai ni makerarenai tatakai), or a \u201cmatch that absolutely cannot be lost.\u756a\u72c2\u308f\u305b (ban kuruwase): An upset. This is a result that defies the odds and is often referred to as \u30b8\u30e3\u30a4\u30a2\u30f3\u30c8\u30ad\u30ea\u30f3\u30b0 (jaianto kiringu, giant killing) or \u30b8\u30e3\u30a4\u30ad\u30ea (jaikiri) for short.\u6d41\u308c\u304c\u6765\u308b (nagare ga kuru): The momentum is shifting to our side. For example, \u6d41\u308c\u304c\u65e5\u672c\u306b\u6765\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059 (nagare ga Nippon ni kite-imasu) translates as \u201cthe tide has turned in Japan\u2019s favor.\u201d\u00a0\u6c17\u6301\u3061\u3067\u62bc\u3057\u8fbc\u3080 (kimochi de oshikomu): To push in with sheer will. This is used to describe a gritty goal in which a player forces through the effort: \u6700\u5f8c\u306f\u6c17\u6301\u3061\u3067\u62bc\u3057\u8fbc\u3093\u3060 (saigo wa kimochi de oshikonda, in the end, he willed it over the line).\u00a0\u9b42\u306e\u30c7\u30a3\u30d5\u30a7\u30f3\u30b9 (tamash\u012b no difensu): Body-on-the-line defending. The expression \u9b42\u306e (tamash\u012b no) suggests playing with heart, spirit and total commitment.\u4f53\u3092\u5f35\u308b (karada o haru): To put one\u2019s body on the line. While \u6c17\u6301\u3061\u3067\u62bc\u3057\u8fbc\u3080 refers to mental determination and \u9b42\u306e\u30c7\u30a3\u30d5\u30a7\u30f3\u30b9 deals with spirit, \u4f53\u3092\u5f35\u308b is about the physical act of sacrifice: \u4f53\u3092\u5f35\u3063\u305f\u5b88\u5099 (karada o hatta shubi, a defense that puts one\u2019s body on the line).\u00a0\u00a0\u7403\u969b (tamagiwa): Control of the ball. \u7403\u969b\u306b\u5f37\u3044 (tamagiwa ni tsuyoi) means someone is good at controlling the ball.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When you\u2019re watching the World Cup matches on TV this summer, see if you can hear these turns…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38816,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[8,28623,1755,28624,11072],"class_list":["post-38815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-japan","tag-japan","tag-nihongo","tag-soccer","tag-vocabulary","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}