rank and order of merit

rank

an order of merit higher than first class in the Japanese honors system

to receive; to get / to do the things which a former person did / gain popularity / be funny; be hilarious

conjunctive form of 受ける (ukeru) [ichidan]

merit / the class of an order of merit

credit (for serving the country or lord) / order of merit

appraisal / evaluation; assessment / recognition, appreciation

value highly, appreciate / evaluate / appraise

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