Vocabulary consisting only from characters you are able to read
上る
のぼる
(1)to rise, to go up, to come up, to ascend, to be raised, (2)to enter (esp. from outdoors), to come in, to go in, (3)to enter (a school), to advance to the next grade, (4)to get out (of water), t godan, jlpt3, verb, vintrans
昨今
さっこん
nowadays, recently; nowadays, recentlytoki
白黒
しろくろ
(1)black and white, monochrome, (exp,vs) (2)good and evil, right and wrong, guilt and innocence iro