鍛造

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 鍛造, read たんぞう, combines hammering and tempering 鍛 with making 造 as a metalworking process name.
• Basic usage: It is a manufacturing process that shapes and strengthens heated metal by pressure or hammering, as in 金属を打って鍛造する.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Scope and context
  • Unlike casting 鋳造, which pours molten metal into a mold, it focuses on deforming solid metal under force.