潜在

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 潜在 is read as せんざい and functions as a noun or する verb for something latent or hidden.
• Basic usage: It forms 潜在能力 as a compound and appears predicatively in 不満が潜在する.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Potential and hidden difficulty
  • Ability is present but not yet exercised, while dissatisfaction exists within the organization without being overt.
• Hidden is not absent
  • The word says something remains beneath the surface, not that it does not exist.