Vocabulary consisting only from characters you are able to read
上り
のぼり
(1)ascent, climbing, ascending (path), climb, (2)up-train (e.g. going to Tokyo), (n,adj-no) (3)northward (towards Tokyo) jlpt3
耳にする
みみにする
to hear, to hear by chance, to hear by accident, to catch (the sound)suru
八日
ようか
eight days, the eighth (day of the month)jlpt5, toki
火力
かりょく
heating power, steam powermix
見せしめ
みせしめ
lesson, example, warningmix
上手い
うまい
(1)skillful, clever, expert, wise, successful, (2)delicious, appetizing, appetising, (3)fortunate, splendid, promising adj
今上
きんじょう
(sens) the reigning emperorseiji
男女
だんじょ
man and woman, men and womenmix