事象

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 事象 (じしょう) is an academic noun for an observable or describable phenomenon or event.
• Basic usage: 同じ事象でも解釈が変わる makes one phenomenon subject to differing interpretations, while 自然事象を記録する makes an observed event the object logged with time.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Object of interpretation and observation record
  • 事象 denotes what occurred, while 解釈 and 記録 are ways of treating it. An interpretation should not be equated with the phenomenon itself.