人工

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 人工 (じんこう) joins person 人 and work or making 工 to mark something as human-made rather than naturally occurring.
• Basic usage: 人工の directly modifies a noun, while 人工 can also form a compound with the following noun.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 人工の and compounds
  • In this entry it contrasts something artificial with something naturally occurring.