新設

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 新設(しんせつ) means newly establishing a facility, organizational unit, or similar provision.
• Basic usage: It describes creating a new department or installing a new passage at a station.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Compared with 増設
  • 増設(ぞうせつ) means increasing facilities or equipment by adding to what already exists. 新設 emphasizes that something has been newly established.