人工芝

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 人工芝, read じんこうしば, combines 人工, artificial, with 芝, turf or lawn grass.
• Basic usage: It refers both to artificial turf as a material and to the installed turf surface on a field.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Installation with 敷く
  • 人工芝が敷かれた is a passive expression for turf being laid on a surface, not planted and grown.
• Checking its condition
  • 人工芝の状態 concerns the installed surface and its condition, not the growth of living grass.