オンサイド
おんさいど
noun
onside
1.
onside; legal on-field position
In sports such as soccer and rugby, the state of a player being in a legal position on the field, that is, not offside. It is the opposite of offside.
選手はオンサイドだった。
The player was onside.
ぎりぎりオンサイドのパスが通った。
A pass that was just barely onside got through.
主審は、ゴールの瞬間に選手がオンサイドだったと判断した。
The referee judged that the player was onside at the moment of the goal.
A loanword from English "onside," used mainly in soccer and rugby. It describes a player in a legal position, in contrast to being offside.
USAGE:
- オンサイドの位置: an onside position
- オンサイドと判定される: to be ruled onside
SIMILAR WORDS:
- オフサイド: offside — the opposite term, and far more frequently heard, since it is infractions that get called by the referee