演習

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 演習 is a noun and irregular transitive verb read えんしゅう, meaning a practical exercise or a drill based on an assumed situation.
• Basic usage: Use 会話の演習を行う for a classroom exercise and 対応演習に参加する for participating in a response drill.
  • 授業の後半に会話の演習を行いました。 describes doing a conversation exercise in the second half of class; 研修では、架空の事故を想定した対応演習に参加しました。 describes participating during training in a response drill based on a simulated accident.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 演習を行う
  • を marks the exercise carried out during class.
• 演習に参加する
  • に marks the drill joined as a participant rather than merely observed.
• 事故を想定した
  • The accident is hypothetical and supplies the scenario for practice.