Something you should learn, if you want to learn japanese:
Writing and Reading:
ひらがな - hi ra ga na
This is the most basic "alphabet" of Japanese.
It's also what I've been using when I write Japanese.
Here it is:
あ - a
い - i
う - u
え - e
お - o
か - ka
き - ki
く - ku
け - ke
こ - ko
さ - sa
し - shi
す - su
せ - se
そ - so
た - ta
ち - chi
つ - tsu
て - te
と - to
な - na
に - ni
ぬ - nu
ね - ne
の - no
は - ha
ひ - hi
ふ - hu
へ - he
ほ - ho
ま - ma
み - mi
む - mu
め - me
も - mo
や - ya
ゆ - yu
よ - yo
ら - ra
り - ri
る - ru
れ - re
ろ - ro
わ - wa
を - o
ん - n
Note: R is pronounced like a L.
Here's a Hiragana chart
http://www.tokyowithkids.com/fyi/japanese/hiragana/hiragana1.gif
This is the reading/writing of Japanese that people first learn.
There is also Katakana, which is different characters representing the same pronunciations, mainly used to write out foreign words.
In addition, there is Kanji, which looks like chinese characters.
Before learing Katakana or Kanji, you should learn Hiragana biggrin
Attention: There is more to hiragana!
が - ga
ぎ - gi
ぐ - gu
げ - ge
ご - go
ざ - za
じ - ji
ず - zu
ぜ - ze
ぞ - zo
だ - da
ぢ - ji
づ - zu
で - de
ど - do
ば - ba
び - bi
ぶ - bu
べ - be
ぼ - bo
ぱ - pa
ぴ - pi
ぷ - pu
ぺ - pe
ぽ - po
Chart:
http://www.tokyowithkids.com/fyi/japanese/hiragana/hiragana2.gif
ぢ - ji and づ - zu are rarely used.
じ - ji and ず - zu are usually used.
Although they have the same pronounciations, they are used differently.
Those are the basics for Hiragana biggrin You should practice writing and reading, and speaking them wink