体験談

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 体験談 (たいけんだん) is a personal account or story based on firsthand experience.
• Basic usage: 経験者の体験談を聞く uses an account by someone with study-abroad experience as guidance; 経験した人の体験談 identifies an account by someone who experienced the disaster.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The experiencer identified by の
  • The possessive phrase identifies whose firsthand experience supports the account, distinguishing it from a general summary.