User blog comment:The Woot/A Suggestion To Help People Like Me./@comment-53539-20100111020847

Usually its left to the subber to explain that and they either do (like K-F fansubs) or don't.

Nakama... Its a difficult word, in One Piece its referring to crew. But its most like a close group of friends, who consider themselves "a family". Try listening to the song "Family".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z30KNN8iWbI

Thats basically explaining what the Straw Hats consider "nakama" to mean.