► 動詞
遭う [(1)あう] meaning: experience rank: 1
☆ あー、酷い目に遭った ⇨ Wow, I experienced an ordeal, that was an ordeal (☛ Experience something undesirable)
☆ 彼は帰宅中に事故に遭った ⇨ He got involved in an accident on his way home (☛ Experience something undesirable)
経験 [けいけん] [経験する] meaning: experience rank: 1
☆ 子供には色々なことを経験させるべきだ ⇨ You should have your children experience many different things (☛ Various accumulated experience over some period of time)
体験 [たいけん] [体験する] meaning: experience rank: 1
☆ 子供達は夏休みに農場での生活を体験した ⇨ The kids experienced life in a farm during the summer break (☛ Hands-on experience in a specific incident or during a specific period of time)
見る [(1)みる] [coll] meaning: experience rank: 1
☆ 彼は辛い目を見たことがない ⇨ He has never experienced adversities
味わう [(3)あじわう] [liter] meaning: experience rank: 2
☆ あいつの御陰で地獄の苦しみを味わわされた ⇨ I had to taste, go through, the pain of hell because of him
嘗める [(2)なめる] [liter] meaning: experience rank: 3
☆ あいつのせいで辛酸を嘗めさせられた ⇨ I was made to lick acid, go through a tough time, because of him (☛ Experience hardship)
踏む [(2)ふむ] meaning: experience rank: 3
☆ 彼女は十六才で初舞台を踏んだ ⇨ She had her first stage performance when she was 16
☆ 若いうちに色々な経験を踏むべきだ ⇨ You should go through many experiences while you are young
渡り歩く [(5)わたりあるく] meaning: experience rank: 3
☆ 彼は色んな分野を渡り歩いてきた ⇨ He has walked, experienced, worked in, many different fields
場慣れ [ばなれ] [場慣れする] meaning: experience rank: 4
☆ 彼は大舞台に場馴れしている ⇨ He is used to be on a big stage (☛ Typically experienced to be in highly public situations)
世慣れる [よなれる] meaning: experience rank: 4
☆ 世慣れた子供 ⇨ A street-smart, worldly, kid
► 成句
板 [(1)いた] [板に付く] meaning: experience rank: 3
☆ 彼女も最近教師の職が板に付いてきた ⇨ Recently she has gained enough experience to look like a real teacher (☛ Originally meant “an actor matches the stage”. Someone to gain enough experience and be a real professional)
► 名詞
思い [(2)おもい] meaning: experience rank: 1
☆ 子供の頃苛められてとても嫌な思いをした ⇨ When I was a child I had a horrible experience getting bullied (☛ Psychological experience)
☆ 彼女は辛い思いをしたことがない ⇨ She has never experienced adversities (☛ Psychological experience)
経験 [けいけん] meaning: experience rank: 1
☆ 彼は経験豊富だ ⇨ He is well-experienced (☛ Accumulated knowledge and skills. CanNOT be substituted with 体験 in this sense)
☆ 彼女は苦労した経験が無い ⇨ She has never experienced adversities (☛ Various accumulated experience over some period of time)
経験 [けいけん] [経験が浅い・深い] meaning: experience rank: 1
☆ 彼は経験が浅い ⇨ He doesn’t have much experience (☛ Accumulated knowledge and skills. CanNOT be substituted with 体験 in this sense)
体験 [たいけん] meaning: experience rank: 1
☆ 私の軍隊生活体験記 ⇨ My experience during my military service (☛ Hands-on experience in a specific incident or during a specific period of time)
体験 [たいけん] [初経験] meaning: experience rank: 1
☆ 初体験のことは誰でも一生憶えている ⇨ Everybody remembers first (sexual) experience for life (☛ 初体験 alone implies the first sexual intercourse)
未経験 [(2)みけいけん] meaning: experience rank: 2
☆ 未経験者でも構いません ⇨ The inexperienced are welcome too
目 [め] [目に遭う] [coll] meaning: experience rank: 2
☆ あいつと一緒にいるとロクな目に遭わない ⇨ Something bad always happens when I am with him
☆ 女房と子供は絶対に辛い目に遭わせない ⇨ I will never let my wife and children go through hard times
目 [め] [目を見る] [coll] meaning: experience rank: 2
☆ あいつ自分だけいい目を見やがって ⇨ It is outrageous that only he got the better deal
☆ 正直者がひどい目を見る社会 ⇨ A society where honest people will have raw deals
青二才 [(3)あおにさい] [contempt] meaning: experience rank: 4
☆ お前みたいな青二才に意見される覚えはない ⇨ I don’t need an opinion of an inexperienced one like you (☛ Literally “blue two year-old”. From the sea bass fish, which matures in 4-5 years)
場数 [ばかず] meaning: experience rank: 4
☆ 彼は場数を踏んでいるから危機に強い ⇨ He is good at handling crisis because he has had many experiences (☛ Literally “situation count”)
人擦れ [ひとずれ] [人擦れする] meaning: experience rank: 4
☆ 妙に人擦れして可愛くない子供 ⇨ A child bizarrely street-smart, who has seen too much too early and is without adorable innocence (☛ Literally means “rubbed against people”. Always negative connotations)
百戦錬磨 [(6)ひゃくせんれんま] meaning: experience rank: 4
☆ 彼は百戦錬磨のプロ中のプロだ ⇨ He’s a battle-tested pro’s pro (☛ Literally means “trained and polished in 100 battles”)
► 形容動詞
未経験 [(2)みけいけん] meaning: experience rank: 2
☆ 未経験の仕事 ⇨ A work you have no experience with
老練 [ろうれん] meaning: experience rank: 4
☆ 老練な政治家 ⇨ An experienced and astute politician