匙加減

sazi kagen dosing a prescribed amount of measurement, a process of cooking where you season, taste, and adjust as you go, or, the ability to make changes and adjustments in work or life based on your overall skill and experience

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I was discussing an earlier post with a colleague and he mentioned that this idiom was the only one that he had been aware to use 匙 sazi. And although it can be used in the first two literal senses, I love the image of being able to make minor course corrections in your life because you've already lived and learned enough to know when to add or subtract a spoonful of whatever here and there.