Vocabulary consisting only from characters you are able to read
願う
ねがう
(1)to desire, to wish, to hope, (2)to beg, to request, to implore, to pray, (aux-v) (3)to have something done for oneself godan, verb, vtrans
にも関らず
にもかかわらず
in spite of, neverthelessmix
新橋
しんばし
Shinbashi (section of Tokyo)namae
億
おく
(num) 100,000,000, hundred millionjlpt4
静けさ
しずけさ
stillness/silence/hush/calm/serenity/(P)mix