Vocabulary consisting only from characters you are able to read
少しも
すこしも
anything of, not one bit (with negative sentence)jlpt3
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
中年
ちゅうねん
middle-age, middle age, midlife, one's middle yearsmix
灰色
はいいろ
grey, gray, asheniro
下らない
くだらない
(uk) good-for-nothing, stupid, trivial, worthlessadj