きょうちょう
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
1. emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
Pitch accent
きょ
うちょう
Composed of
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
emphatic (sentence) construction
Examples (14 in total)
Let me emphasise just this.
He emphasized the importance of peace.
He put special emphasis on the problem.
I want to emphasize this point in particular.
The teacher stressed the importance of daily practice.
Our English teacher put emphasis on pronunciation.
The teacher emphasized the importance of education.
He put great emphasis on this point.
This point deserves special emphasis.
The teacher stressed the importance of taking notes.
I would like to emphasize the Confucian values that exist within this group.
In a collectivist society, the desires of a group are emphasized more than the desires of an individual.
He emphasized that tens of thousands of people would come to that concert.
Yumiko has a push-up bra, emphasising her cleavage.