鍵盤

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 鍵盤, read けんばん, refers to the keys of an instrument such as a piano that are pressed to produce sound.
• Basic usage: In 子供がピアノの鍵盤を一つずつ押して音を確かめた。, a child presses the piano keys one at a time to hear their sounds.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• An instrument's keyboard
  • Both examples concern the sound-producing keys of a ピアノ or another 楽器. When translated as keyboard, the word retains its musical context rather than referring to a computer input device.