WORD DETAIL
設計
せっけい
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Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
設計, readせっけい, means planning an object's structure, function, and form, as well as the resulting design. - Basic usage: Someone may design a small bridge and build a model, or describe a desk arranged to provide more storage.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Planning a structure and its resulting design
- It describes the act of designing a bridge and the resulting arrangement of a desk for more storage. One is the process; the other is the design embodied in the object.

