busy; hectic; hurried; rapid; quick; sudden
on board a ship; aboard a ship
high alert; a state of high alert; on alert
loading; charging; filling
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
fleet (fishing, naval, etc.); convoy; group of ships
dying; kicking the bucket; being ruined; being finished; ending in failure
field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity; one's monopoly
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
somewhat below; slightly below
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
assistance (in a fight); help; aid; helper; supporter
capture (esp. of a foreign vessel); seizure
of course; certainly; naturally
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
pirate flag; black flag; Jolly Roger
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
ruffian; villain; scoundrel
self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
person of lofty virtue; man of noble character; perfect person; saint
to take into consideration; to use one's discretion
to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to raise one's head (esp. of a snake)
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience
time in; making a move immediately (in a timed game of shogi, go, etc.)
killing and wounding; bloodshed