you need to know three things ( Japanese Letters + common phrases + Grammar ) 1- this is one of the best website ^_^ to learn Japanese Letters + common phrases http://smart.fm/goals/search?keyword=japanese+phrases http://www.realkana.com/hiragana/ http://www.realkana.com/katakana/ 2- learn some common Japanese Phrases : http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/japanese_language/japanese_phrase_basic.htm http://www.linguanaut.com/english_japanese.htm http://japanese.about.com/library/blsjp.htm 3- Japanese Grammar http://thejapanesepage.com/grammar.htm

First and most important are you need learnig Japanese alphabet. Formal name is "Hiragana(ひらがな)". Alphabet starts from ABCDE...... Japanese Hiragana starts from a i u e o (あいうえお). And Japanese sentence is made of 3kinds words. 1."Hiragara(ひらがな)"　2."Katakana(カタカナ)"　3."Kanji(漢字)". For example.... 　　1.わたし　2.ワタシ　3.私　　　They are all "I" means. If you want to introduce yourself to somebody, in English is "Hello, my name is MalinDragon " isn't you? In Japanese is "こんにちは、私のなまえはマリンドラゴンです。" !! 「Hello,=こんにちは、」 「my=私」 「name=なまえ」 「is=は」 「MalinDragon=マリンドラゴン」 「is=です。」 Children many use HIragana. Adults many use Kanji. Because Kanji is difficult. So I recommend learnig Hiragana at first to you!

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