ゴールは町のはずれに向かい合うように置かれていたのです。
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English Translation
The goals were placed at the opposite ends of the town.
Furigana
ゴールは町 のはずれに向 かい合 うように置 かれていたのです。
Romanji
Go-ru wa machi no hazure ni mukaiau yōni okareteita no desu.
Words
ゴール
(ゴール)
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; winning post; Gaul
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
町
(まち、ちょう)
town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
の
(の)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
外れ
(はずれ)
end; verge; extremity; tip; outskirts; miss; failure
に
(に)
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
向かい合う
(むかいあう)
to be opposite; to face each other
様に
(ように)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
置く
(おく)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ; to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc); to bear (in mind etc); to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool; to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house; to separate spatially or temporally; to do something in advance; to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state
です
(です)
be; is
Kanji
Readings: チョウ、 まち
Meanings: town, village, block, street
Readings: コウ、 む.く、 む.い、 -む.き、 む.ける、 -む.け、 む.かう、 む.かい、 む.こう、 む.こう-、 むこ、 むか.い
Meanings: yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach
Readings: ゴウ、 ガッ、 カッ、 あ.う、 -あ.う、 あ.い、 あい-、 -あ.い、 -あい、 あ.わす、 あ.わせる、 -あ.わせる
Meanings: fit, suit, join, 0.1
Readings: チ、 お.く、 -お.き
Meanings: placement, put, set, deposit, leave behind, keep, employ, pawn