can someone teach me some japanese?

kawaii = cute uguu~

なに？ = nani? = What? なんで？ = nande? = Why? ありがとう。 = arigatou. = thank you.(Informal use) ごめんまさい！ = gomenmasai! = I'm very sorry!(I dunno for sure, but regardless it means very sorry or such) すごい！ = sugoi! = cool or awesome. There's more I know, but can't remember at the moment. Pretty much learned it all from watching anime, after you hear it enough times, you get what it means(Somewhat), or mostly I just get the expression of when to use it... My information isn't much useful so just ignore it *Sob*...

My best suggestions are either get a japanese penpal or use online resources. On the first suggestion there are plenty of japanese people that want to practice english. Speaking a language is more useful and a lot more important than reading and writing if you are going to use it for a short time like on a trip as a tourist. For the second one with a bit of research you will find some very good resources for learning other languages that are free on the net. The third option is get a tutor but that costs money and time.

I'm working through this book at the moment: http://www.amazon.ca/Japanese-Zero-1-George-Trombley/dp/0976998122/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1427704375&sr=8-1&keywords=japanese+from+zero%21 That one focuses on Hiragana only, but the next in the series does both Hiragana and Katakana. It tosses in vocab, grammar, pronunciation, and writing lessons so you get it just right.

I think the best way would be to find if there's any classes teaching Japanese locally. From my experience, everyone who's said, "I want to learn Japanese" has not been serious about it and even when I try to help them, they just sort of ignore or forget everything I tell them, not really bothering to learn, and moving on to something else. So if you are serious, I recommend dedicating yourself to a class, where you will actually USE the Japanese and get hands-on help and proper pronunciation. If you don't USE it, you will forget it. Find a Japanese community or play Japanese MMOs to keep using it. Also do not use the "it's hard" excuse. It's EASY compared to most languages. Do not even compare it to Korean or Chinese, those are way harder. When learning the language, as with any language, you cannot use "English" grammar/sentence rules. The pronunciation and sentences are built differently, yet more logically, than English. You must have an open mind. The katakana and hiragana can possibly be learned in two days, though must be used frequently. Do not worry about Kanji until you've gotten the basics down. And don't worry if you have trouble with Kanji. Even native Japanese do not learn all of them right away, and even after college still don't know all of them. It's uncommon/rare for Chinese people to even know all of them.

Want to learn Japanese? Easy. Study and talk to Japanese people. You can replace "Japanese" with any other language and it will work just the same. That's coming from someone who speaks 3 languages fluently and on its way to 4.

Also, it is not required to learn Japanese when visiting Japan... It's more important to know etiquette. Things like... not sticking chopsticks into a bowl of rice. I once did it as a kid, and my mom yelled at me in public as if I had just murdered someone. And taking your shoes off before entering homes, or right inside the doorway. Also you should avoid touching anything that looks antique. Actually, avoid touching as many things as you can if it looks fragile/valuable. Foreigners had a bad reputation for touching stuff in stores all the time and ruining merchandise, that some more fragile stores actually say "no foreigners allowed". One of my friend made the mistake of going into one, touching the stuff, and even farting in the store. The old lady tending the store was NOT pleased. PS: Be careful of learning Japanese from non-native Japanese. Sometimes the meanings are not what they think. For example, Sugoi does not always mean awesome... It can have negative meaning too! So be careful. If you say "Sugoi!" and the person is upset or not feeling super awesome... it can insult them! Sugoi pretty much just means, "woah!", so you can be like "Woah awesome!" or "Woah terrible!", depending on the situation or what someone said. Also someone can use it to describe something as being extreme. Like "Sugoku kawaii" for "super cute", or "sugoku taihen", as "huge disaster". Also, if you are in emergency, it is important to know the difference between "Tasukete kudasai" and "Tetsudatte kudasai"... They can both mean "help", but in some situations it's different... For example, you are drowning in a pool... You should use "TASUKETE KUDASAI" if you want to be saved, because if you say "TETSUDATTE KUDASAI", they might actually push you in deeper. Because Tasukette is literally like "save me", but tetsudatte is a bit more like, "help me do what I am doing"(suicide). Though I don't think they would do anything really, if you shouted for them to help you suicide. They'd most likely ignore you to not get in any trouble themselves. If you're obviously a foreigner maybe someone would help anyway, thinking you just don't know the language. You'd have to be lucky.

I can teach you how to read kanji. I'm just hoping it's the same as the chinese meanings. Well, I can tell you what they mean, just now how it's prnounced