king;  ruler;  tycoon;  magnate;  king (of the senior player)
 prince;  subordinate Kumano shrine
 Satan;  the Devil;  the Prince of Darkness;  king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
 king;  queen;  monarch;  the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.);  the throne
 royal capital;  imperial capital
 royal castle;  imperial castle
 imposing stance;  daunting pose
 righteous government;  just rule;  easy method;  simple approach;  orthodox way;  proper way
 king;  monarch;  ruler;  champion
 crown;  diadem;  bottle cap
 the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana);  the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)
 sovereign;  emperor;  monarch
 Dragon King;  promoted rook
 right of succession;  right to the throne
 royalty and titled nobility
 supreme ruler;  autocrat;  dynast;  high king
 royal prince;  crown prince's younger brother
 the late king;  the preceding king;  good ancient kings
 royal authority;  regal power;  authority of the king
 to raise oneself up to one's full height;  to strike a daunting pose
 heavenly king;  Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva)
 prince of royal blood;  Imperial prince
 knight on a white horse;  Prince Charming
 two Deva kings;  guardian gods of Buddhism who stand at the entrance of a Buddhist temple
 Hades (Greek god);  Pluto (Roman god)
 education for governing as a monarch;  kingcraft
 Dragon King;  promoted rook
 party game in which a randomly selected king issues orders to other players
 king and princes;  noble rank
 various kings;  unproclaimed son of the imperial family
 Acala (Wisdom King);  Acalanatha;  Fudō Myōō (Myō-ō);  fierce Buddhist deity
 god king;  god-king;  guardian deity
 king (of the senior player)
 Caesarean section (Cesarean);  C-section
 Yama;  judge of the afterlife
 king of beasts (i.e. lion)
 strategic point;  crucial time;  watershed;  crunch
 to check (in chess);  to threaten (somebody's position, etc.);  to close in (on somebody)
 person of high standing facing no opposition and with a warped view of reality; (lit.) naked emperor
 restoration of imperial rule;  (in English history) the Restoration
 reverence for the emperor;  advocate of imperial rule
 revere the Emperor; expel the western barbarians (19th century slogan)
 Dynastic period (the Nara period and esp. the Heian period, characterized by the rule of the emperor as opposed to shogunate)
 queendom;  country ruled by a queen
 imperial princess;  royal princess
 royalists;  royalist faction
 imperial influence;  assimilation of new territory
 ten rulers of the afterlife (who judge the dead and determine their placement in their next life)
 master inventor;  king of inventors (e.g. Edison)
 Arthurian legend;  legend of King Arthur
 Deva gate;  temple gate guarded by fierce Deva Kings;  temple gate of the Nio
 tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)
 forking the rook while checking the king
 to check (in chess);  to threaten (somebody's position, etc.);  to close in (on somebody)
 Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva)
 native state (of pre-independence India);  princely state
 loyalist to the emperor;  imperial loyalist
 Arcadia, presided over by a virtuous king
 two Deva kings;  guardian gods of Buddhism who stand at the entrance of a Buddhist temple
 Mahamayuri (deity usu. depicted riding a peacock)
 royal line;  royal descendants
 maharaja;  maharajah;  nawab
 Yamaraja (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead)
 Ragaraja (esoteric school deity of love)
 emperor's teacher;  imperial army
 Queen Mother of the West (an ancient Chinese goddess)
 king and princes;  noble rank
 imperial cause;  royal cause
 Bourbon Dynasty (France, Spain, etc.)
 queen cell (of a beehive);  royal cell
 championship-deciding contest;  final match;  the finals
 Slave Dynasty (of India, 1206-1290 CE);  Mamluk Dynasty
 five great wisdom kings (Acala, Kundali, Trilokavijaya, Vajrayaksa, Yamantaka)
 deity enshrined at Hie Shrine (in Shiga and Tokyo)
 person who has not won any major awards or titles despite being the best in a particular field;  uncrowned king;  person who wields power without holding an official rank or title;  journalist (esp. newspaper journalist)
 the theory of the divine right of kings
 the king of fruits (ref. to durian)
 imperial prince's family;  family of a prince of royal blood
 Yama, judge of the afterlife
 amaou;  strawberry cultivar
 Golden Light Sutra (as translated into Chinese by the monk I Ching)
 Caesarean section (Cesarean);  C-section
 Yamantaka Vidya-raja;  conqueror of Death
 Sannō Festival (Hie Shrine in Tokyo; June 15);  Sannō Festival (Hie Shrine in Shiga; April 14)
 Trailokyavijaya Vidya-raja;  conqueror of the three worlds
 loyalty to the emperor and expulsion of the foreigners
 giant squid (Architeuthis martensi)
 home run king;  home run leader
 to occupy the throne;  to sit on the royal throne;  to be at the top;  to hold the premier position;  to win a championship
 Deva gate;  temple gate guarded by fierce Deva Kings;  temple gate of the Nio
 there are no shortcuts in learning
 heaven of the Four Great Kings;  one of the six heavens of the desire realm
 person of high standing facing no opposition and with a warped view of reality; (lit.) naked emperor
 Brahma (Hindu creator god)
 Chakravartin;  ideal universal ruler (in Indian religions)
 Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead);  Emma;  Yan;  Yomna
 Chakravartin;  ideal universal ruler (in Indian religions)
 Red Queen hypothesis (of evolutionary biology)
 reverence for the emperor and the overthrow of the shogunate
 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia;  KSA
 ice giant (Uranus, Neptune)
 Tudor dynasty (of England; 1485-1603)
 royal palm (esp. Cuban royal palm, Roystonea regia)
 administration of the Ryukyu Kingdom
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
 kanji "jewel" radical at left (looks like "king") (radical 96)
 Kings I (book of the Bible)
 (season's) record holder in (for) the most strike-outs
 Bhaisajyaraja (bodhisattva)
 king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus)
 king (of the senior player)
 person of high standing facing no opposition and with a warped view of reality; (lit.) naked emperor
 reverence for the emperor;  advocate of imperial rule
 Ragaraja (esoteric school deity of love)
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
 Dragon King Kulika;  manifestation of Acala in the form of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword
 Dragon King Kulika;  manifestation of Acala in the form of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword
 Citipati (skeletal Buddhist demi-gods)
 theory of the divine right of kings
 eight great wisdom kings (Acala, Kundali, Mezu, Munosho, Trilokavijaya, Ucchusma, Vajrayaksa, Yamantaka)
 Kings II (book of the Bible)
 Sannou Ichijitsu Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto: a form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai)
 royal government (esp. Ryukyu Kingdom)
 Victoria Day (Canadian public holiday)
 Delhi Dynasties;  the Mamluk, Khilji, Tughlaq, Sayyid, and Lodi dynasties of India
 Sanno Shinto (branch of Shinto formed in the Tendai school of Buddhism)
 gold wheel-turning sage king
 millenarianism;  millennialism;  chiliasm
 King of Na gold seal (National Treasure of Japan)
 staunchly conservative area; (lit.) kingdom of conservatism
 trans-Neptunian object;  transneptunian object;  TNO
 Crown dependency (of the UK: Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man)
 virtuous ruler;  worthy monarch
 Kingdom of the Netherlands
 Nishiyama Tennozan Station
 longleaf pine (Pinus palustris)