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football (American, Australian, etc.)
Refers to football codes other than soccer — most often American football, but also Australian rules football or rugby league depending on context. The bare word サッカー is preferred for soccer in Japanese.
In Japanese, フットボール rarely refers to soccer — that is always called サッカー. To specify codes, Japanese normally adds the country name as a prefix.
Common collocations
- アメリカンフットボール: American football
- オーストラリアンフットボール: Australian rules football
- フットボール選手: football player
- フットボール場: football field
Similar words
- サッカー: soccer — the standard word; never replaced by フットボール in everyday Japanese
- ラグビー: rugby — a separate code, not normally subsumed under フットボール
Related Words
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サッカー (soccer)