(set of) facial features; looks
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
chief vassal; senior statesman
(social) position; status
older brother; elder brother
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
distinction; differentiation; classification
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
hereditary system; hereditary succession
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
death from disease; death from illness
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
to subsist; to keep on living
boy; son; baby boy; young man
another family; another house
to be adopted; to enter a family as an adopted child
choices; alternatives; options
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
to become vulgar; to coarsen
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
to manage something successfully; to be successful
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to laugh away; to laugh off
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good