Illustration: In a community-center hall, an official places a medal around the neck of an elderly neighborhood gardener. The gardener stands at the front facing rows of applauding residents, still wearing practical work shoes beneath tidy clothes.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

表ひょう彰しょう

hyoushou

to publicly commend, honor

Example sentences

  1. 各県かくけんでもしきりに善行者ぜんこうしゃを表彰ひょうしょうし、民間みんかんの教化団体きょうかだんたいもまたおこなった。

    Prefectures frequently awarded persons for their good deeds, and private educational organizations also followed the awards.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 登山回数とざんかいすう100回以上かいいじょうの登山者とざんしゃには毎年まいとし5月がつ3日みっかに表彰ひょうしょう式しきが行おこなわれる。

    Climbers who climbed over 100 times are awarded on May 3 in every year.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 昭和しょうわ44年京都府ねんきょうとふより百年以上ひゃくねんいじょうの老舗しにせとして蜷川知事にながわちじより表彰ひょうしょうされる。

    1969: They were commended, as a long-established store in business for over 100 years, by Governor Ninagawa of Kyoto Prefecture.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 表彰

  • 表surface; tableOnヒョウKunおもて・あらわす・あらわれる
  • 彰patent; clearOnショウ

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