Vocabulary consisting only from characters you are able to read
この度
このたび
this occasion, at this time, nowmix
細々
ほそぼそ
(1)poor (living), (2)barely continuing, just scraping along, (adj-f) (3)very narrow mix
上る
のぼる
(1)to rise, to go up, to come up, to ascend, to be raised, (2)to enter (esp. from outdoors), to come in, to go in, (3)to enter (a school), to advance to the next grade, (4)to get out (of water), t godan, jlpt3, verb, vintrans
氷海
ひょうかい
frozen sea/icy watersleda1