展覧会

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 展覧会(てんらんかい) is an event displaying works or objects for people to view.
• Basic usage: It describes viewing paintings at a museum or preparing the arrangement of works for a show.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Displaying and the event itself
  • 展示 means putting objects or works on display; 展覧会 focuses on the event where they are viewed.
• Preparing toward an event
  • 展覧会に向けて is used when preparing with the exhibition as the goal.