Vocabulary consisting only from characters you are able to read
下る
kudaru
(1)to descend, to go down, to come down, (2)to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.), (3)to pass (of time), (4)to surrender, to capitulate, (5)(often in neg. form) to be less than, to be i godan, jlpt3, verb, vintrans
新入生
šinnjuusei
freshman/first-year studentleda1
新た
arata
(1)new, fresh, novel, (adv) (2)newly, freshly, re- mix
耳にする
miminisuru
to hear, to hear by chance, to hear by accident, to catch (the sound)suru