Illustration: At a neighbourhood pedestrian crossing, a local reporter crouches beside a broken curb ramp and points out the abrupt ledge blocking a wheelchair user's front casters. A camera operator and several residents turn their attention toward this small but consequential defect.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

クローズアップ

kuroozuappu

to highlight, to focus attention on

Example sentences

  1. 今日きょうこの番組ばんぐみでハッカーの問題もんだいをクローズアップするんだって。

    This program is going to focus on computer hacking issues today.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. オーストリアでも健康けんこうブームの中なかで緑茶りょくちゃがクローズアップされている。

    In Austria, too, green tea is attracting attention amid a growing interest in health.

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

  3. しかし、1970年代ねんだいに入はいると、出席率しゅっせきりつの低迷ていめい、成人式離せいじんしきばなれがクローズアップされ始はじめた。

    However, in the 1970s, declining attendance and waning interest in coming-of-age ceremonies began to attract attention.

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

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