noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
how many years; how long; what year
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
one's mood while traveling (travelling)
poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
depiction; description; portrayal
clearly; distinctly; vividly
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
good-for-nothing; worthless
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
in the same way as; just like
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to be infatuated (with); to be hooked (on); to lose one's heart (on)
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to press against each other; to huddle together
like a decent person; human
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
to disappear; to vanish; to bolt; to go into hiding
methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege