著作

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 著作(ちょさく) means the act of writing or the resulting written work.
• Basic usage: It is used for borrowing books someone wrote or describing features of their later works.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Work and author
  • 著作 refers to the written work; 著者(ちょしゃ) refers to the person who wrote it.
• 冊 counts books
  • 著作を三冊借りた means borrowing three written works. 三冊(さんさつ) gives the number of books.