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
耳にする
みみにする
to hear, to hear by chance, to hear by accident, to catch (the sound)suru
大名
だいみょう
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)/daimio/(P)mix
下らない
くだらない
(uk) good-for-nothing, stupid, trivial, worthlessadj
手にする
てにする
(1)to hold (in one's hand), to take (into one's hand), (2)to own, to obtain suru