製陶

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 製陶 (せいとう) means the production of pottery. 製陶が盛んだ describes a local industry; 製陶の基本工程 names a type of production process.
• Basic usage: A town has active ceramics production using good clay, and visitors observe the basic process in a workshop.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Pottery as a local industry and pottery as a production process
  • が盛んだ evaluates the activity's prevalence; の基本工程 focuses on its stages. The headword centers the making process rather than a finished ceramic object.