(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
(the extent of) one's vocabulary
expression; presentation; representation; notation
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
practice (in the field); training (esp. practical and hands-on); practical exercise; drill
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
beyond that point; after that
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
preface; introduction; preamble
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat); to be discouraged
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
performer; entertainer; celebrity
adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
main dish (e.g. meat, fish, but not rice); principal dish
grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt
side dish (e.g. vegetables, beans, pickles)
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
Lyophyllum shimeji (species of edible mushroom); euagaric fungus (in grocery stores, usu. refers to cultivated field mushrooms, etc.)
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs
unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
pre-made (esp. food); prepared in advance
plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with