法曹

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: Spelling: 法曹. Reading: ほうそう. Core meaning: legal profession; legal professional.
• Basic usage: Representative examples: 法学部の学生が法曹の仕事を題材に発表した / その小説は架空の都市で働く法曹の姿を描いている.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Profession and practitioner
  • 法曹 can refer either to the legal profession as a field or to a professional working in it. It is entirely different in spelling and meaning from the homophone 放送.