体験

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 体験 is read as たいけん and means direct experience; it combines with する for the act of experiencing something.
• Basic usage: It can describe trying pottery firsthand or evaluate a first solo trip abroad.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Experiencing an activity firsthand
  • 体験: The speaker joins a course with a friend to experience pottery. Example: 陶芸を体験する講座に友人と参加しました。
• Evaluating an event as experience
  • 体験: Traveling abroad alone for the first time is described as valuable. Example: 初めて一人で海外へ行ったことは貴重な体験でした。