selection of music; song selection
preface; introduction; preamble
comfortably; peacefully; freely; (growing) quickly
to forget to put in; to leave out
enormous; gargantuan; immense; ridiculously large
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
interval; step; pitch; key
rough-hewn; incomplete; unrefined; still in the process of being formed
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
to push up; to thrust up; to put pressure on (one's superiors); to pressure; to well up (of an emotion); to surge up
arrangement (of music); adaptation (of a story, recipe, etc.); interpretation; arranging (objects, a meeting, etc.); organization
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks (drink)
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
ignition; combustion; firing a blank cartridge; discharge of a gun without bullets; firing (of an event); triggering
to finger; to play with; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
burning; combustion; exerting all strength; making an effort
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
intensive training; extra hard training
to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information); reference
naturally; of course; understandably
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
from the best to the worst; from top to bottom; of every kind; all sorts
mic stand; microphone stand
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
special training; intensive training; crash course
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
manner of using one's hands
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse