Vocabulary consisting only from characters you are able to read
八日
youka
eight days, the eighth (day of the month)jlpt5, toki
先ほど
sakihodo
some time ago, not long ago, just nowmix
今上
kinjou
(sens) the reigning emperorseiji
生死
seishi
(1)life and death/(P) leda1
私
watakushi
I (formal), myself, private affairsjlpt5
下らない
kudaranai
(uk) good-for-nothing, stupid, trivial, worthlessadj