彼は、社会的地位が上がるにつれて、ますます謙虚になった。

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English Translation

The higher he rose in social rank, the more modest he became.

Furigana

彼(かれ)は、社会的(しゃかいてき)地位(ちい)が上(あ)がるにつれて、ますます謙虚(けんきょ)になった。

Romanji

Kare wa, shakaiteki chii ga agaru nitsurete, masumasu kenkyo ni natta.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

社会的 (しゃかいてき)

social

地位 (ちい)

(social) position; status

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

上がる (あがる)

to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water); to come ashore; to increase; to improve; to make progress; to be promoted; to advance; to be made (of profit, etc.); to occur (esp. of a favourable result); to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.); to be finished; to be done; to be over; (of rain) to stop; to lift; to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die; to win (in a card game, etc.); to be arrested; to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to be deep fried; to be spoken loudly; to get stage fright; to be offered (to the gods, etc.); to go; to visit; to eat; to drink; to be listed (as a candidate); to serve (in one's master's home); to go north; indicates completion

に連れて (につれて)

as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

益々 (ますます)

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

謙虚 (けんきょ)

modesty; humility

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...