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
大砲
たいほう
gun, cannon, artillerymix
五日
いつか
five days, the fifth day (of the month)jlpt5, toki
八日
ようか
eight days, the eighth (day of the month)jlpt5, toki
次々に
つぎつぎに
one by one, one after another, successivelyjlpt3
今上
きんじょう
(sens) the reigning emperorseiji
中
なか
inside, middle, amongjlpt5