Vocabulary consisting only from characters you are able to read
上がる
agaru
(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)/to come asho godan, verb, vintrans
耳にする
miminisuru
to hear, to hear by chance, to hear by accident, to catch (the sound)suru
国会
kokkai
(abbr) National Diet, parliament, congressseiji
南北
nanboku
south and northmix