funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
forced laugh; forced smile
mixing; blending; adding; adulteration
to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
batter's box; one's turn at bat
strikeout; strike out; fanning out
moderator; host; chairman
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
to lose one's energy; to be cowardly
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
to put on (another's shoes by mistake); to put (shoes) on the wrong feet; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse; to have a mistaken idea of
fool; nitwit; The Fool (Tarot card)
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
affection; love; fondness; tenderness
goodness; excellence; virtue
to take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains; to be concerned; to worry
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
smelling of mud or earth; unrefined; uncouth
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)
early autumn (fall); seventh month of the lunar calendar
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
sweet and sour; bittersweet
spiritual plane; spiritual aspect; mental level
bulky and heavy; massive; solid; dignified; imposing; composed
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
whereabout; about where; how much
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
printing type; movable type; printed text; print
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help