Vocabulary consisting only from characters you are able to read
今上
kinjou
(sens) the reigning emperorseiji
酷い
hidoi
(uk) cruel, awful, severe, very bad, serious, terrible, heavy, violent; cruel, atrocious, merciless, inhuman, brutaljlpt3
少しずつ
sukoshizutsu
little by littlemix
見上げる
miageru
(1)to look up at, to raise one's eyes, (2)to look up to, to admire, to respect ichidan, verb, vtrans
熊手
kumade
rake, fork, bamboo rakemix
上り
nobori
(1)ascent, climbing, ascending (path), climb, (2)up-train (e.g. going to Tokyo), (n,adj-no) (3)northward (towards Tokyo) jlpt3