elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
wounded person; injured person
to get married; to accompany each other; to go together
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
striking; remarkable; considerable
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
seeing one off; farewell; escort
the big two...; two major...; two main...
reasonableness (esp. of children); obedience
anxiously; with anxious looks; with anxiety
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
to look down on; to condescend
near oneself; close to one; familiar
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
departure from a port; leaving port; setting sail
sailing ship; sailing boat; sailing vessel
evening meal; supper; dinner
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
drinking party; banquet; feast
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
inside the harbour; inside the harbor
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
outsider; someone outside of a group