rank and order of merit

rank

conjunctive form of 受ける (ukeru) [ichidan]

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

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

merit / the class of an order of merit

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

value highly, appreciate / evaluate / appraise

appraisal / evaluation; assessment / recognition, appreciation

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