混雑

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 混雑, read こんざつ, describes crowding caused by many people or vehicles gathering in one place.
• Basic usage: In 連休初日の駅は朝から混雑していた。, the station was crowded from the morning of the holiday's first day.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Crowding in a place
  • The 混雑 of an 駅 or 店 concerns people crowding into a space. It focuses on congestion at a place rather than an individual having many tasks to do.