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自殺点 (jisatsuten) Japanese meaning: own goal | Kotomora

自じ殺さつ点てん

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Meanings

1

own goal

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Sports term for scoring against one's own team. It is obsolete and sensitive; in modern Japanese, オウンゴール is the usual term.

See also: オウンゴール

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Kanji

自oneself
殺kill, murder, butcher
点spot, point, mark

Related words

オウンゴール
The modern, standard loanword for 'own goal' in sports. 自殺点 is an older, now obsolete term.

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In old soccer articles, you can see the expression 自殺点.

自じ殺さつ

Etymology

Compound of 自殺 (suicide) and 点 (point/score). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; it is an older Japanese coinage for 'own goal' that has been largely replaced by the loanword オウンゴール.