稽 - think, consider

funny; comical; humorous; laughable

practice; practising; training; study

early-morning practice

smooth-talking and humorous; with jocose and comical airs

humiliation of defeat in battle; past humiliation by others; shame of an unendurable disgrace

something that looks difficult but actually isn't; swimming in a cold lake during mid-winter seems difficult, but it's nothing to a kappa

comic novel (Edo period)

unfounded; groundless; baseless; absurd; nonsensical

dress rehearsal

accomplishments; taking lessons (in dance, music, tea ceremony, flower arranging, etc.)

training partner

delayed miscarriage; silent miscarriage; missed abortion