-in-waiting

Suffix

morpheme

Japanese Meaning

結果や確認の到着を待っている状態、または、その到来に依存している状態 / もうすぐ起こる、または必然的に起こる状態 / 王族などの身近に付き添う側近、付添いの者

What is this buttons?

The promotion-in-waiting weighed on her, as she refreshed her inbox for the manager's confirmation.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

昇進が確定するのを待っていることが彼女に重くのしかかり、上司からの返事を待ちながら受信箱を何度も確認していた。

Details

Sense（1）

Depending on the expected arrival of a result, confirmation, etc.

Throughout her adolescence, authorities... commented that the young mother-in-waiting 'seem[ed] to have very, very high expectations of [her]self,' and... there was no failing to discern in them that slight unmistakable note of approval... and at any rate the future mother felt (for the moment) approved.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation