Vocabulary consisting only from characters you are able to read
問う
tou
(1)to ask/to question/to inquire/ (2)to charge (i.e. with a crime)/to accuse/ (3)to care (about)/ (4)without regard to (with negative verb)/(P) godan, leda1, verb, vtrans
飯
meši
(1)meals, food, (2)cooked rice, (3)one's livelihood ryouri
上がる
agaru
(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)/to come asho godan, verb, vintrans
次々に
cugicugini
one by one, one after another, successivelyjlpt3
今上
kindžou
(sens) the reigning emperorseiji
昨今
sakkon
nowadays, recently; nowadays, recentlytoki
軽やか
karojaka
light, easy, non-serious, minor; light, easy, non-serious, minormix