基礎工事

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 基礎工事 (きそこうじ) adds construction work 工事 to foundation 基礎 to denote work that prepares a building's structural base.
• Basic usage: It begins before the main structure and can be delayed by weather.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A physical foundation, not basic knowledge
  • In 基礎工事, 基礎 means the load-bearing base of a structure rather than introductory learning.