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Translation

• Context: Harima Kenji 播磨拳児 goes join a ship crew to sail the seas.
• o! wakee na...
  お！若ェな･･･
  Ooh! Young, [aren't you]...
  (relaxed pronunciation.)
  • wakai
    若い
    Young.
• niichan... ittoku ga shukkou shitara ichinen wa oka ni modoranee...
  兄ちゃん･･･言っとくが出航したら一年は陸に戻らねぇ･･･
  Kiddo... [let me warn you], after [we] set sail, [we] won't be back shore in [at least] one year.
  • Young man, kiddo, etc.
  • ~toku ～とく - contraction of ~te-oku ～ておく.
• umi dewa omae no "otoko" ga tamesareru...
  海ではお前の“男”が試される･･･
  In the sea, your "man" will be tested...
  (passive voice.)
  • In the sense of how much of a man he is, i.e. if he's man enough to brave the seas, or if he'll chicken out.
  • See also: otoko 漢, quotation marks.
• sore wa wakatteru-n-darou na?
  それは分かってるんだろうな？
  [You] understand that, [right]?
  • ~teru - contraction of ~te-iru ～ている.
• giro'
  ギロッ
  *glare*
  (mimetic word.)