原案

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 原案, read げんあん, is the initial plan or draft presented as the starting point for discussion and revision.
• Basic usage: A committee may debate from it, or an editor may make changes to an author's original proposal.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• An initial plan before revision
  • It is the plan used to begin committee discussion or the draft an author presents before an editor revises it. It differs from the later final version.