gradually

improvement in academic ability, the arts, etc. / communication of opinions of those of lower rank to those of higher

improve, advance in one's studies / communicate opinions to those of higher rank

the Japanese language

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

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

生け花: flower arrangement