発明

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 発明, read はつめい, means creating a new tool, method or similar innovation.
• Basic usage: It describes creating a container that opens with one hand or tools that solve everyday inconveniences.
  • 彼女は片手で開けられる容器を発明した。

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The kind of newness compared with 発見
  • 発明 means creating something new, while 発見 means finding something that already exists but was not known.