- kyouchou emphasis, stress, highlighting, underlining, underscoring; accentuating (a feature or certain part), accenting; strong tone (of the market), firm tone
Neutral, everyday word for stressing a point, feature, or word; used in speech, writing, design, and economics, unlike 重点 (focal point).
彼は安全の大切さを強調した。
Kare wa anzen no taisetsusa o kyouchou shita.
He emphasized the importance of safety.
この部分を強調して話してください。
Kono bubun o kyouchou shite hanashite kudasai.
Please speak with emphasis on this part.
Press the microphone and say: 強調
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💡 Use は or が to mark this word as the topic or subject of a sentence.
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