trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal
tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot
refutation; rebuttal; retort
inexperienced person; novice; greenhorn; green hand
I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
uncertain; indefinite; vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious
detached; aloof; indifferent
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
bad boy; naughty child; brat
showing no sign of; not giving the slightest indication of; saying nothing at all about; not breathing a word of
baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage
(one's) concern; having (something) to do with
to take a turn for the better (of an illness, patient, etc.); to begin to improve; to begin to recover; to convalesce
to move around; to move about; to get around
to make oneself popular without any regard to others; to take all the credit to oneself; (lit.) to turn out well (of a child)
to wait for one's punishment; to wait before one gets what's coming to one; (lit.) to wash one's neck and wait (i.e. for one's beheading)
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
sale; offering for sale; putting on sale; putting on the market; release (for sale)
book of pictures (paintings, drawings, etc.); collection of pictures
making (a manga, video game, etc.) into an animated film or TV series; anime adaptation
(one's) workload; amount of work (to be) done by one
original author (of a work)
script; screenplay; scenario
(editorial) supervision; general editorship; supervising director
scriptwriter; playwright; scenario writer
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
cast (of a film, play, etc.); cast member; casting (a line); casting (video, audio, etc.); (type) casting
selection; choice; screening
extract; excerpt; selection
voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance
shape decomposition; gestaltzerfall
misuse; incorrect use; abuse; malapropism
refinement; narrowing-down
minor character; secondary character
formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious