No. 3,563 in Japanese
設計
Design; plan; layout.
In a sentence
家を設計するのは建築士の仕事です。
Designing a house is the work of an architect.
Here, '設計' is used as a noun meaning 'design', specifically in the context of planning the structure or system of a house.
彼女は新しいアプリを設計しました。
She designed a new app.
In this sentence, '設計しました' is the past tense of the verb '設計する', which means 'to design' or 'to plan', showing the action of creating the app's structure.
この橋の設計は非常に革新的だ。
The design of this bridge is very innovative.
Here, '設計' is again a noun, referring to the conceptual and structural plan or design of the bridge, highlighted for its innovation.
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