登る, 上る: to ascend, to climb, to go up / 昇る, 上る: to go up, rise

a tree; more specifically, a living tree / the bent and gnarled trunk or roots of an old tree / wood, lumber / something made of wood / in ancient China, a wooden musical instrument

to use / to employ / to make use of, to apply / to spend

昇, 登, 謄, 盛: a male given name

high, tall / superior / 高価い: expensive

a staff, measuring 6 shaku (about 1.8 meters), used in martial arts such as 棒術 (bōjutsu) / (by extension) stick-like or long, cylindrical item: pointer, pole, rod, etc.

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

flattery will motivate anyone, flattery can do wonders