PK

ぴーけー
noun
penalty kick
1. penalty kick
A kick awarded in soccer for a foul committed inside the penalty area, taken from the penalty spot with only the goalkeeper defending.
PKを決(き)めた。
He scored the penalty kick.
審判(しんぱん)がPKを宣告(せんこく)した。
The referee awarded a penalty kick.
PK戦(せん)で勝敗(しょうはい)が決(き)まった。
The outcome was decided by a penalty shootout.

PK is the standard abbreviation for penalty kick (ペナルティキック(ぺなるてぃきっく)) in Japanese soccer vocabulary.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • PKを決(き)める: to score a penalty kick
  • PKを外(はず)す: to miss a penalty kick
  • PKを止(と)める: to save a penalty kick
  • PKを与(あた)える: to concede a penalty kick
  • PK戦(せん): penalty shootout
  • PK合戦(がっせん): penalty shootout (informal)

JAPANESE SOCCER CONTEXT:
PK戦(せん) is used to decide knockout matches when the score is tied after extra time. Each team takes five kicks alternately, with sudden death if still tied.

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