I came across this word from the German counterpart Hauptbahhof. And funny enough, Japanese wiki refers to Haupbahnhof as
中央駅（ちゅうおうえき）とはドイツ語のHauptbahnhofの訳語で [...] for instance,
ベルリン中央駅 - Berlin Hauptbahnhof,
ハンブルグ中央駅 - Hamburg Hauptbahnhof,
ミュンヘン中央駅 - München Hauptbahhof.

But from my understanding, it can also mean Central Station in the English speaking places, a noteworthy British station - グラスゴー中央駅 - Glasgow Central.

The quote from Karel Chapek's （カレル・チャペック） R.U.R. (1921) Japanese title 「ロボット」 - a science fiction play that introduced the word 'robot':

もし犬がしゃべれたら人間同士と同じくらい付き合いにくくなるだろう。
If dogs could talk perhaps we'd find it just as hard to get along with them as we do with people.

What I find to a very useful word here is:
付き合い --つきあい -- association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
which makes then
付き合いにくくなる -- becomes difficult to get along with

And one more word to remember
人間同士 --にんげんどうし-- mankind

And more tricky:
そっと通る -- sneak through
のどを通る -- go down〈話〉（食べ物などが）, slide down one's throat, to swallow

And very closely related word, using the same kanji:
通り --とおり-- avenue; street; way;

A world famous book - 老人と海 --The Old Man and the Sea (1952) by アーネスト・ヘミングウェイ(Ernest Hemingway)

And couple of easy words that are made of 老人 to remember:
老人 -- ろうじん -- the aged; old person;
老人たち -- old folks
老人ホーム -- a senior residence

The translation is not that fancy, but the Japanese structures are rather very handy and good to know:

のどを通る - go down〈話〉（食べ物などが）, slide down one's throat
Basically, 食べもの飲み物が　のどを通る - swallow food and drinks
通る --とおる-- to go through

痛みが走る - feel the pain
Where as , 痛み --いたみ-- pain
走る -- はしる -- to run; and lots of other 'movement' meanings.

And finally, the real gem: 食べにくくなる - make eating difficult, eating becomes difficult.
Verbにくくなる expressing the increase of difficulty in doing something. Additional examples will be
見えにくくなる -become difficult to see
動きにくくなる - become difficult to move

遊びに来たらどう？ -- Why don't you just stop by?
いつか遊びに来てください。 -- please, come and visit any time.
たまには遊びに来てよ。 -- Stop by every now and then.
来週私たちのビーチハウスに遊びに来ない？ -- Why don't you come visit our beach house next weekend?
私のサイトに遊びに来てね！ -- Please visit my website!
（人）のところへ遊びに来る -- come to see
（人）の新居に遊びに来る -- come see someone's new place
遊びに来てもいいですか。 -- just drop by, ok?

Here is something to remember the word: 夕がた屋テ!

wiki says:

夕がた屋テ!（ゆうがたやた）は岐阜放送（ぎふチャン）で2008年3月まで放送していた夕方ワイド番組である

Yuugata yate is an evening program on the Gifuchan (Gifu Broadcasting) since 2008.
番組 --ばんぐみ-- TV program
放送 --ほうそう -- broadcasting

And it is on the air
月～水曜日　ごご５時１５分～６時３０分
木／金曜日　ごご５時１５分～６時１０分

A 'weekend' is pretty obvious: kanji for 'week' and 'end', while a 'weekday' is open for more interesting interpretations

平 --ひら; ヒラ-- 1. something broad and flat; 2. common; ordinary;
Thus, a 'weekday' becomes 'an ordinary day' or if you prefer 'a flat day'.

いらっしゃいませ! 日本円での買い物を 日本語でどうぞ

This is Bergen (Norway) in June 2010.  A wonderful place.  At the fisher market they have special locations for Japanese tourists where they can buy fish with Japanese yens and where the personnel speaks Japanese!  Tons of Japanese tourists are roaming the place and the prices are all in NorKr, Eur, USD and Yen!

One of the things that everyone leaning Japanese knows almost before anything else is that "koi" means "love" and "carp" depending on the kanji

• 鯉 --こい-- common carp; koi carp
• 恋 --こい-- (n) love; tender passion

I bet there are tons of the jokes in misinterpreting and interchanging the meanings.  Not that I have any particular examples.   Anyway, these particular "koi" are from the München Zoo - a very nice place to spend a weekend ))))

猫 【ねこ】 (n) (1) cat;

I saw this cutest thing in a little shop Ulm and just could not help myself.  It says "Cats are stupid."   I really want to make one like this for my little garden )))))  With my little knowledge of Japanese it comes up with: 猫がバカですよ。 but I'm not totally sure if it makes sense to anyone exept me.  Good thing my neightbours do not know Japanese and I have little chance of embarassing myself.  And the cats - they will not see the difference between German, English or Japanese )))

白鳥 --はくちょう-- (n) (1) swan

A random photo of the swans, because they are just so beautiful.   And in the connection I cannot miss the all-time classical shoujo manga スワン-白鳥 by 有吉京子 (Ariyoshi Kyouko).  I believe SWAN 白鳥 vol.12 was the final volume of the re-print of this epic ballet manga.

I love München Zoo!

• 動物園 --どうぶつえん-- (n) zoo; zoological gardens;

The cutest thing that lives there is red panda. There are actually two of them and most of the time they either sleep or eat.  The Japanese name of the red panda is romaji of "lesser panda"  ))) cute and easy to remember.

• レッサーパンダ (n) red panda (Ailurus fulgens); lesser panda

• 身勝手 --みがって-- (adj-na,n) selfishness; egoism; egotism

身勝手なあなた by まさお三月 (Masao Sangatsu)

• 我儘--わがまま-- (adj-na,n) (1) selfishness; egoism; self-indulgence; wilfulness; willfulness; (2) disobedience; (3) whim;

わがままロメオ by あじみね朔生 (Ajimine Sakufu)

聖☆おにいさん vol1
聖☆おにいさん vol2
聖☆おにいさん vol3
聖☆おにいさん vol4
Sei Oniisan - Saint Brothers.

聖 --せい-- (n,n-pref) (1) Saint; St.; S.; (n,adj-na) (2) sacred; holy; pure

This manga follows Jesus and Buddha living in an apartment in the modern Japan. Riiiight! That just so fun on so many levels.  Buddha makes a third of the t-shirts the both wear with the tale-telling slogans.  I have so much fun trying to figure out the references on Jesus's t-shirts (I totally fail to understand what's on Buddha's ))))))

in ch.1 Jesus had "アーメン" -- amen-- t-shirt
in ch.2 Jesus had " ミレニアム" -- millennium -- t-shirt
in ch.3 Jesus had an English t-shirt "Like is not ambitious".
in ch.4 Jesus had t-shirt "13" - is it about what I think it is about?
in ch.5 Jesus had "父と私と精霊" - Father, Me and Holy Spirit ))) t-shirt. ))))

and there was in 2008 bunko reprint.

It's a very lovely collection of Fuji-sensei's early works that already have everything that makes sensei's mangas so special - very warm feeling, edgy art and translucent emotions.  Very delightful read!

恭ちゃん...あのね ... 別れてほしいの。  -- Kyou-chan... well... I want to separate.

Seeing that she is married to that Kyou-chan I guess we could assume that she wants a divorce.

• 別れ --わかれ-- (n) parting; separation; farewell; (lateral) branch; fork; offshoot; division; section;

• 夫婦別れ --ふうふわかれ-- (n,vs) divorce; separation.

This is a compound of 夫婦(spouses) + 別れ(separation) .
夫婦 --ふうふ(P); めおと; みょうと-- (n) married couple; spouses; husband and wife; couple; pair

• And then at wiki the divorce is listed as 離婚 --りこん-- (n,vs) divorce.  I guess, this is a legal term, then.

僕は今強請られている。-- Right now I'm being blackmailed.

• 強請 --きょうせい; ごうせい-- (n,vs) blackmail; extortion; persistent demand

• 強請る --ねだる(P); ゆする-- (v5r,vt) (1) (ねだる only) to tease; to coax; (v5r,vt) (2) to solicit; to demand; to extort;

I'm pretty sure of the translation, but what puzzled me is the reading for 強請 --ゆす. From what I gathered the primary reading for 強請る is ねだる, not even every dictionary lists ゆする reading... And then the noun 強請 has a yet another reading... Really, such a mess.....**sigh**

I saw it on a friend's blog - her collection of ties and though mine is very meager in comparison, I could not help, but wanted to show it ))

ネクタイ - tie; necktie;

クラバット-cravat

Then I started reading wiki page and got lost in the types of ties and techniques to make a knot. I just traditionally go for Half-Windsor knot (ハーフウィンザーノット or  セミウインザーノット), and the idea that there are 85 ways to knot your tie, honestly, scares me ))))

I was recommended to watch Ai to Seishun no Takarazuka. Koi Yori mo Inochi Yori mo -  that's a TV mini-drama about Takarazuka's life. It's highly amusing, but at the same time it is Kansai-ben (関西弁) which means - I struggle to understand ))) But still lots of fun.

And I found the official website of the drama  and the picture just deserves to be worshiped )))))

Ai to Seishun no Takarazuka. Koi Yori mo Inochi Yori mo