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
大金
たいきん
large amount of money, great costmix
自立心
じりつしん
spirit of self-reliance, feeling of independencemix
体術
たいじゅつ
classical form of martial artmix
先ほど
さきほど
some time ago, not long ago, just nowmix