Vocabulary consisting only from characters you are able to read
上り
nobori
(1)ascent, climbing, ascending (path), climb, (2)up-train (e.g. going to Tokyo), (n,adj-no) (3)northward (towards Tokyo) jlpt3
生かす
ikasu
(1)to make (the best) use of, to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.), to capitalise on (experience, etc), (2)to let live, to keep alive, (3)to revive, to resuscitate godan, verb, vintrans, vtrans
白黒
širokuro
(1)black and white, monochrome, (exp,vs) (2)good and evil, right and wrong, guilt and innocence iro
黒星
kuroboši
(1)black spot/black dot/bull's-eye/ (2)failure mark (sumo)/(P) leda1