As a student I baked pound cakes and cooked for friends, certain I was good in the kitchen. Decades later, my friends who cook three meals a day have long since passed me by — youthful confidence, I now see, with nothing to back it up.
| 得意 | とくい | good at; one's strong point |
| 振り返る | ふりかえる | to look back on |
| 手際 | てぎわ | skill; efficiency |
| 勘違い | かんちがい | misunderstanding; false assumption |
| 根拠 | こんきょ | grounds; basis |
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