私は富士山を上り詰めりたい。(I want to climb Mt. Fuji.) この夏で富士山を上り詰めりたいけど、問題があります。単行は危険ですね。私は一緒に行くために友人を求めています。もし何人は日本に住んでいて富士山を上り詰めりたいだたら、私にメッセージをください！私たちはしゃべられるためにあなたに私のＭＳＮ／Ｓｋｙｐｅをあげる。 In English: This summer I want to climb to the top of Mt. Fuji, but I have a problem. Going alone is dangerous! I am looking for a friend to go with me. If anyone lives in Japan and wants to climb Mt. Fuji, please send me a message! I will give you my MSN/Skype so that we can chat. ------- I know my Japanese is very bad. ;-; There is a lot of vocabulary I don't know. I really am looking for someone to climb Fujisan with though! Please feel free to message me! ありがとうございます！

ために vs. ように Someone told me you can use ように similar to ために. How would you write the sentence: "I will give you my number so that we can talk." ? Can 話せるように be used? What is the difference between ために and ように?

How to conjugate 住んでいる　to be used with conditional ば？ If I want to say, "If you live here...." how should I write it? "あなたはここに住めば..."?

How do you properly reply to "気をつけて！"? When you are saying goodbye to someone, and they say "気をつけて！", what is the natural way to reply?

助けてください　（T_T) I have a couple translations that I need help with. ;-; 心の穏やかにすれば治る。 If you can calm your mind, then you will be at peace." Did I get that right? Then I am REALLY having trouble with this one: 波のおと嵐のおともしずまりて日かげのどけき大海の原。 I can’t figure this out. I have the first part, I think; “The sound of the waves and the sound of the storm are lessened…” … Or possibly “The sound of the storm lessens the sound of the waves”, but I can’t for the life of me figure out “日かげのどけき大海の原”。 The sun’s light something something ocean’s wilderness? I can't find what "どけき" means. Help meeee I suck. ;-;

First Notebook Entry - Introduction Hello! My name is Madi, and I am currently an English teacher in Japan. I live in Kofu-shi, Yamanashi-ken, about an hour and a half outside of Tokyo by Express train. I teach kids from the age of 2 all the way through 18 or 19. I love my job at the moment. I am hoping to improve my Japanese skills. My vocabulary is pretty small at the moment, and my grammar is very bad. I can understand a lot more than I can produce, unfortunately. If anyone is looking for language or cultural exchange, or just wants to talk with someone living in Japan, hit me up! When I have more time, I will try to do a terrible translation of this into Japanese. I look forward to talking with everyone!