技術

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 技術, read ぎじゅつ, is a noun for a learned technique or for technology that changes how work is performed.
• Basic usage: 伝統的な技術 can be craft know-how learned from an artisan, while 新しい技術 can be a new technical means.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Technique and technology
  • Technique may fit transmitted craft skill, while technology may fit a method or means that improves efficiency.
• Range determined by context
  • The word alone does not settle whether personal skill or a broader technical method is meant; examine the action and object around it.