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。

goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; winning post; Gaul

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares

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

end; verge; extremity; tip; outskirts; miss; failure

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

to be opposite; to face each other

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

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

be; is