position (in society); (social) standing; (social) status

successive promotion or rise in rank / progressive increase in number

be promoted gradually / increase gradually

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

gradually

(of an income tax or other tax) Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases.

生, 活: (attaches to nouns) vigorous, lively, powerful / 幾: (attaches to nouns) implies an indeterminate amount: several, many, much, a lot

生く: to be alive; to come back to life; to be vigorous, to be lively; to make something live, to plant something