面接

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 面接, read めんせつ, is an interview in which participants meet and exchange questions and answers, often to assess an applicant.
• Basic usage: Someone may practice a self-introduction for an upcoming interview or enter a cafe after finishing one.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A formal interview event
  • This is a scheduled interview for which someone prepares or from which a person has just emerged. It does not mean an ordinary conversation or an entire meeting.