imperial throne; the Crown
reigning; controlling; dictating
king; monarch; ruler; champion
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to collect; to assemble; to gather
will; testament; last request
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
(somebody's) child; person with parents; other people's children; the Son of Man; Christ
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
presence; sitting with; being with
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
dry and rough; desiccated; rustling
headship of a family; family property
two kinds; second-class (e.g. mail)
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to rush over; to run up to
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel