Vocabulary consisting only from characters you are able to read
下る
くだる
(1)to descend, to go down, to come down, (2)to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.), (3)to pass (of time), (4)to surrender, to capitulate, (5)(often in neg. form) to be less than, to be i godan, jlpt3, verb, vintrans
~中
~ちゅう
in (the middle of), within, during, whilejlpt5
九日
ここのか
nine days, the ninth day (of the month)jlpt5, toki