ゴールgooru

1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verb, sportsgoal (in soccer, hockey, etc.); basket (in basketball)
   彼かれはボールをゴールに蹴り入けりいれた。↗

   He kicked the ball into the goal.
2. noun, sportsfinish line; finishing line; winning post
   自転車じてんしゃはゴールに向むかって走はしっている。↗

   The bicycle is racing to finish.
3. noun, suru verb, intransitive verb, sportsreaching the finish line; finishing (a race)
   彼女かのじょが最後さいごにゴールした人ひとです。↗

   She was the last to cross the finishing line.
4. noungoal; objective
   君きみは人生じんせいにおけるゴールを見失みうしなってはいけない。↗

   You must not lose sight of your goal in life.

• Related決勝点けっしょうてんWrittenThe finish line or the point that decides a match; formal written prose, mostly in match reports. 「ゴール」 is the everyday word, also covering the goal and scoring.
• Related目的地もくてきちNeutralThe place you are heading to; used for travel and navigation. 「ゴール」 leans toward the finish line of a race, and by extension a goal in life.
• Related行く先ゆくさきNeutralWhere you or someone is headed; also a person's whereabouts or future prospects. 「ゴール」 is a race finish or a goal to be achieved.
• AntonymスタートNeutralThe opposite of 「ゴール」 for the start and end of a race: the starting point, the start of a run, or a beginning. Common in speech, as in 「スタートを切る」.
• Antonym出発しゅっぱつNeutralThe opposite of 「ゴール」 for the start and end of a journey: setting off for a destination, or starting a new undertaking.

Use 「ゴール」 for a race finish, the goal itself, or scoring; 「目的地」 for the end point of a trip; 「決勝点」 for the point that decides a match. For opposites, 「スタート」 covers the start of a race and 「出発」 the start of a journey.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 目的地もくてきち、目標もくひょう、目的もくてき。
2. ボールが入はいると得点とくてんになる場所ばしょ、ボールを入いれて得点とくてんすること。
3. 陸上りくじょう競技きょうぎや水泳すいえい競技きょうぎなどの競争きょうそう競技きょうぎで、競争きょうそうの終おわりの線せん、決勝けっしょう線せん、その線せんを越こえること。