廃墟

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 廃墟, read はいきょ, denotes an abandoned building or the remains left after it has ceased to function.
• Basic usage: It may be recreated as a stone ruin for a film or discovered deep in a forest by a picture-book explorer.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Abandoned architectural remains
  • This denotes abandoned structural remains recreated for a film or discovered by an explorer in a picture book. It differs from a building still in normal use.