強調

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 強調 is a noun read きょうちょう for emphasis and is also used as the transitive verb 強調する.
• Basic usage: It covers repeatedly stressing importance in speech or making an important part stand out through formatting.
  • 先生は準備の大切さを何度も強調しました。 describes the teacher repeatedly stressing preparation; 見出しを太字にして重要な部分を強調します。 describes making the heading bold to emphasize an important section.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Object marked by を
  • In 大切さを強調する and 重要な部分を強調する, を marks the point or section being emphasized.
• Method in 太字にして
  • The second example presents making the heading bold as the method of emphasis; it does not make the bold heading the grammatical actor.
• 強調する and 目立たせる
  • 目立たせる(めだたせる) broadly means making something noticeable, while 強調する focuses on highlighting a particular point's importance or feature.