Awesome! Thank you so much 
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That there is. And it’s a region in Tokyo. Not to mention 目白山下駅 in Kanagawa.
There’s also an 鶯谷駅 eight stops around the Yamanote line, which is also a bird. The 鶯 that is, not the 谷. The green colour that’s used to identify the Yamanote line is refered to as ウグイス色 in Japanese.
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As always, you are a font of knowledge. It’s always nice to hear how the world around us interconnects through language, and I appreciate you taking the time to share.
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田植え（たうえ）: rice planting
I asked one of my students what she did over the weekend and this was her response! 
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関所 (せきしょ) - barrier , checking station
I kept reading it as かんしょ in my head while playing Dragon Quest 8. Glad I stopped to double check at some point.
I also learned a few expressions like
油を売る - to slack off
寝耳に水 - out of the blue, unexpected
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ぶどう - Grape
I learned it in Torii a few days ago and for some reason it has stuck really well.
Also やわらかい which is soft or gentle.
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味噌
It feels nice to see that some common words are starting to show up.
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夏至・げし・summer solstice
夏至祭・げしまつり or げしさい・midsummer feast; summer solstice festival
Happy midsummer, y’all!
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反日 - Anti-Japan
If you’re anti the sun, you’re anti-Japan! Don’t be anti-the sun!
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But I don’t like the sun, guess I don’t like Japan either then… time to quit studying Japanese.
Jk, I love the sun, and I especially love long days. By the way, for those of you in the Northern hemisphere, today is the longest day of the year (I guess that was technically yesterday, I just always remember it as June 21st). I am going to be sad for the next several months watching the days get shorter and shorter.
My newest word learned: 実力主義・じつりょくしゅぎ・Meritocracy. I came across it reading a light novel and I just like this word and principle.
I find this one pretty funny in light of certain otaku stereotypes.
等分 - division into equal parts; equal parts
夜分 - evening; night; nighttime
取るに 足らない - worthless; valuelessIdiomatic expression
マルチポスト - multi-post (as in newsgroups and web forums)
マルチ 商法 - multilevel marketing system; pyramid selling; chain referral
所得 証明書 - income certificate; certificate of earnings
庇護 - patronage; protection
庇護権 - right of asylum
真空 - vacuum; hollow; empty
圧縮袋 - vacuum bag (used to make clothes, futons, etc. easier to store)
店番 - tending a store; salesperson; sales clerk; shop assistant
申し 付ける - to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order Humble (kenjougo)
寺院 - temple
鐘楼 - belfry; bell tower
放火 - arson; setting fire
聴取 - listening; hearing; audition; radio reception
再燃 - recurrence; revival; resuscitation
留意 - heeding; paying attention; bearing in mind
延焼 - spread of fire
当局 - authorities; relevant authorities; authorities concerned; this office
I saw 非常識きわまりない while reading today. After six levels of struggle, I finally stopped confusing 常識 with 意識 a few days ago, so 非常識 was easy enough to figure out.
However, きわまりない was all new to me. Looking it up returned:
“(suffix often in kana) extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); unparalleled”
…which sounds right for the scene it was used in.
Now I can confidently probably never encounter it ever again =D
As a bonus, I was able to sound out (with a little bit of struggling) the reading of 交通規則. I had the meaning together before I had the pronunciation fully figured out.
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“うそ！” - translated as “No way!”, but I can’t seem to find it on Jisho…
Heard from Chief Arino whenever he’s caught off-guard by something on Game Center CX.
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It’s this one
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Ah, thank you! I see what I did wrong now–always included the exclamation point. The surprise was so tied into the word for me that it seemed like an integral part of it somehow.
I learned かぶる. To accidentally bring the same thing to a party, or to double book a timeslot. Excerpt from a text exchange:
「かぶる」はスラングで、「重なる、誰かの物と似ている、同じになる」と言う意味があります。
もし私と彩妥さんが同じ料理を作ってきたら、「かぶっちゃったね。」と言えます。「同じ料理を作ってきちゃったね。」と同じ意味です。
「予定がかぶる」もよく使いますよ。
二つ以上の予定が重なってしまった時に使います。
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将軍 and also 大将
Now I understand what do they refer to whenever they scream 大将 to Levi in AoT.
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Quite. And 中尉 and 少尉 in various other military anime.
That said, Levi’s rank is 兵士長, innit? At least at the start. Does he get promoted?