Ending of plain verbs This is going out on a limb, probably just desperate at this point, since I struggle remembering vocabulary and my mnemonic creative skills aren't great. Is there any particular reason why plain form verbs have the ending they do? 行く 見る 返す etc. Why ku in iku, why not iru or isu? I know they mean other things, and it's probably to do with what sounds best, but I'm wondering if all verbs that end in ku are similar to each other, and different to those ending in ru, which are different to su, etc. Many thanks in advance.

Radicals that allow kanji to have same reading I've read that there are seven radicals (?) that, when are in either all or most kanji, that they will all share the same on-Yomi as the radical. 工星奂 are three so far, I don't know the other four 工 (“craft”). It is pronounced kou (こう) and all are pronounced kou: 紅 (“crimson”) 空 (“empty”) 虹 (“rainbow”) 江 (“creek”) 攻 (“aggression”) 功 (“achievement”) All are read as 'kou' What are the four other radicals (or more, if any?) will they all have the same reading, or just some kanji? Many thanks in advance

Verbs -te and -nai - trick to learning? I understand how they work and when they should be used. I just have difficulty remembering them as the pattern is quite difficult for me to see. Is there a trick to remembering them? Or do I really have to sit down and drill it in? Why is 'torimasu' 'toranai' but 'iremasu' is simply 'irenai' ?? Why is 'mochimasu' 'motte' but 'kashimasu' is 'kashite' ?? Is it just because it sounds better that way, or is there a lesson I can use to understand it better? Many thanks in advance!

Proof read Japanese intro please? I'm going to be doing a video clip, and I want to start and finish in Japanese. This is what I'd like to say, Hello, my name is Maria Phillips. I'm 25 years old. For three years, I worked in a company drawing pictures for t-shirts. I had eleven rats. I enjoy playing games. I live in Leicester. Leicester has Richard iii! こんにちは みんなさん！ Phillips, Maria です！ ニ十五さい。三ねん、かいしゃいんです。Tしゃつえがをかいが。ねずみ十一がありました。ゲムが好きです。私のうちはレスターにあります。リチャード-さまthe 3rdがレスターにいます！ Please ask questions. Otherwise, thank you for listening. Goodbye. なんでも しつもん しって ください。それでも、ありがとうございます。しゃあ、また！ Is that goodbye too casual? I don't want to be too formal with さよなら。 Many thanks in advance!!

Pokemon eng OP translated into Japanese Just curious: I know the original JP theme, but what is the translation of these, from English to Japanese? Gotta catch 'em all! / Got to catch them all! I wanna be the very best / I want to be the very best Like no one ever was Many thanks in advance!! ^-^

katakana radicals in in kanji I am starting to learn kanji, and I'm memorising the radicals so I can use them as mnemonics later to make it easier. I understand that some radicals can't be used as kanji on their own. How do I find out when these radicals are used? And what they mean? Also there are katakana characters such as 'yu' 'to' 'ma' that are used as radicals in some kanji. Is there a reason for this? Do they mean anything? Many thanks in advance!

Possible to get this proof read? I've written out these sentences for my class and I've tried my best to be as accurate as possible, but some of the sentences I want to say seem to stray from the lessons I've been taught and I was wondering if I could get a proof read on them? My sister lives in New Zealand. Her wedding is on 16/07/2017. I can’t go. ニュージーランド　に　おねえさん　います。 おねさん　の　けっこん　しき　は　にせんじゅうしちねん　しちがつ　じゅうろくにち　です。 わたし　は　いきません。 Every weekend, my friend and I buy a newspaper. It costs £3. Last Saturday, we watched a film. まいしゅうげつ　に　ともだち　と　しんぶん　を　かいます。さん　ポンド　です。どようび　　えいが　を　みました。 In my parents’ house, there are two dogs. りょうしん　の　うち　に　いぬ　が　にひき　います。 Many thanks in advance!

Translation help There's a book I really want to read, but it's in Japanese so I'm unable to read it at the moment. I've tried to translate it but it's exceedingly difficult. Here is a small excerpt of the book. Please could somebody translate it for me so that I can learn from it. 重厚かつっ無機質。すべてが合理的に、寸分の狂いもなくただ整然と時間が刻まれていく電脳機械都市（Metallic City)『TANAGURA』。 その中にあって、唯一の異端とも言うべき有機体(人間)が存在する特　区―『Eos』。(パレス・夕ワ一) およそ一年半のブランクを経て再び出戻って……リキにとっては選択の自由意志などないに等しい強制送還だったが。 そのペナルティ一として、一カ月間、首輪にリ一ド付きで一日きっちり二時間、部屋付きファニチャ一あるキャルとともに『名前』と『顔』を売って歩いた。 所謂（いわゆる)、晒(さら)し者状態である。