ゴールキーパー

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English goalkeeper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡo̞ːɾɯ̟kʲiːpa̠ː]
• (Tokyo) ゴールキーパー [gòórúkíꜜìpàà] (Nakadaka – [4])

Noun

ゴールキーパー • (gōrukīpā) 

1. a goalkeeper
   • 1997 July 1, Mitsuru Adachi, “第(だい)１(いち)話(わ)　キーパー [Chapter 1: Keeper]”, in じんべえ(JINBĒ) [Whale Shark] (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 23:

     それにわたしが好(す)きなのはゴールキーパーだもん。

     Sore ni watashi ga suki na no wa gōrukīpā da mon.

     I also like goalkeepers.

     え⁉

     E⁉

     What!?

     あの元(もと)木(き)が⁉意(い)外(がい)な趣(しゅ)味(み)〰。

     Ano Motoki ga⁉ Igai na shumi~.

     As in that Motoki guy!? You have weird taste~.

     彼(かれ)がということじゃなくて、ゴールキーパーが好(す)きなの！

     Kare ga to iu koto ja nakute, gōrukīpā ga suki nano!

     As in the position of a goalkeeper, not him!

See also

• ゴール (gōru)
• キーパー (kīpā)