making one's position clear

position

to show, to have somebody see / to display, to show, to demonstrate / to indicate, point out, to denote / to indicate (for a measuring device such as a clock to show a value)

banner, flag (particularly as used in battle to show position on the field)

vividness

clear, distinct, vivid

oneself / first-person pronoun: I, me (often shows the speaker's lower position in a hierarchy than the addressee) / (Kansai) you

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