木造

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 木造, read もくぞう, combines wood with construction or structure.
• Basic usage: It indicates that a building or bridge is constructed primarily as a wooden or wood-framed structure.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 木造の and 木造で
  • 木造の校舎 modifies a noun, while 橋は木造で predicates the bridge's construction and links to the next clause.
• Structure, not appearance
  • The word concerns construction material or framing, not merely an object that looks like wood.