Vocabulary consisting only from characters you are able to read
見つける
micukeru
(1)to discover, to find (e.g. an error in a book), to come across, to detect, to spot, (2)to locate, to find (e.g. something missing), to find fault, (3)to be used to seeing, to be familiar with ichidan, jlpt3, jlpt4, verb, vtrans
耳にする
miminisuru
to hear, to hear by chance, to hear by accident, to catch (the sound)suru
昨今
sakkon
nowadays, recently; nowadays, recentlytoki
代
širo
(1)substitution, (2)material, (3)price, (4)margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.), area required for something, (5)(arch) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; ~19.83 m.sq.); (6)cha mix