皮革

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 皮革 is read as ひかく and means leather, the material produced by processing animal hide.
• Basic usage: It can identify the material of a bag or refer to observing leather-dyeing work at a workshop.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Identifying a product's material
  • 皮革で作られている states that a product is made from processed hide. Example: この鞄は柔らかな皮革で作られています。
• Referring to processing work
  • 皮革を染める作業 refers to the work or process of coloring leather. Example: 工房で皮革を染める作業を見学しました。