childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium
spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
fried prawns; fried shrimp
the way back; the way home; return trip
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
to indicate; to show; to point to
defense; defence; protection
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
grasping the present situation; having an accurate grasp of the situation
sign of a ship (e.g. through fog, silhouette, etc.); outline of a ship
rising; ascending; climbing
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
thousands; several thousand
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
fleet (fishing, naval, etc.); convoy; group of ships
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
(fictional) fusion of human and animal; therianthrope; furry; human beast
gills; branchia; angle of the mandible; gonial angle
to come and go; to go back and forth
island group; archipelago
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony