Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “lay emphasis on“ and its meaning is “to emphasize the importance/value of something; stress, highlight, underline, underscore, accentuate, point up”.
Example Sentence: Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) explains ‘Chi-Toku-Tai’ as the defining features of Japanese schooling. Chi, which translates to ‘know’ lay an emphasis on building strong academic abilities. Toku, translates to ‘virtue’ and refers to mindfulness, self-discipline, and cooperative abilities. And last, Tai, translates to ‘body, and refers to physical and mental well-being.
This phrase is present in The Hindu article Japanese education spells holistic development and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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