聴衆

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 聴衆(ちょうしゅう) is a noun for an audience gathered to listen to a performance or lecture.
• Basic usage: The audience acting appears in 聴衆が立ち上がる, while a question from the audience is 聴衆の質問.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Group of listeners
  • It focuses on the group listening to a performance or talk rather than on one individual listener.
• Subject and possession
  • Use 聴衆が when the audience acts and 聴衆の質問 for a question that comes from the audience.