(わーるどかっぷ)

World Cup

(にほん)

Japan

(おらんだ)

Netherlands, Holland

(ひきわけ)

draw, tie

(さっかー)

soccer

(しあい)

match, game

(たい)

versus / to

(ちーむ)

team

(ぜんはん)

first half

(てん)

point, score

(とる)

to take

(せんしゅ)

player; athlete

(あきらめる)

to give up

(こうはん)

second half

(おもしろい)

interesting, funny

(さいご)

last, final

(いれる)

to put in

(どうてん)

tie, same score

(かんとく)

Manager; director; coach

(みんな)

Everyone; everybody

(がんばる)

to do one's best

(はなす)

to speak, talk

(つぎ)

next

(おおくの)

many, a lot of

(おうえん)

cheering; support

passive form

Passive voice. Here the rocket is designed (設計されています) and can be launched (打ち上げられる) at lower cost.

Did not ~ (polite past negative)

Polite past negative form of verbs. Expresses that something did not happen in the past.

and then (te-form linking)

2点を取って links scoring two points with the following action of making the game exciting.

To make ~ (adjective)

い-adjective stem + くする means 'to make something (adjective).' 安くする means 'to make cheaper.'

to become

Expresses a change of state; Kawai became the new commissioner of the Sports Agency.

Probably ~; it seems that ~

Expresses conjecture or probability. More formal than ～だろう. Often used in news and weather reports.

ワールドカップ　日本はオランダと引き分け

World Cup: Japan draws with the Netherlands

サッカーのワールドカップで、日本はオランダと試合をしました。

At the soccer World Cup, Japan played a match against the Netherlands.

試合は2対2の引き分けでした。

The match was a 2-2 draw.

日本のチームは前半に1点を取られました。

The Japanese team had one point scored against them in the first half.

でも、選手たちはあきらめませんでした。

But the players did not give up.

後半に2点を取って、試合をおもしろくしました。

They scored two points in the second half and made the game exciting.

最後にオランダがもう1点を入れて、同点になりました。

At the end, the Netherlands scored one more point, and it became tied.

監督は「みんなよく頑張った」と話しました。

The coach said, "Everyone worked very hard."

次の試合も多くの人が応援するでしょう。

Many people will probably cheer for the next match too.