Vocabulary consisting only from characters you are able to read
昨今
さっこん
nowadays, recently; nowadays, recentlytoki
鼠
ねずみ
(1)mouse, rat, (2)dark gray, dark grey, slate (color, colour); (3)mouse, rat, (4)dark gray, dark grey, slate (color, colour) doubutsu
時期
じき
(1)time, season, period, (adv) (2)(col) soon, shortly toki