I need Japanese language partners, please!! Hi everyone...I am looking to make some great friends as well as pick up some language partners who either speak Japanese and English or are learning. I would like to have more friends to chat with, practice my language skills with, apply what I know, learn, help each other, and also make some close friends. My native language is English...I am currently learning Japanese and have been studying for about 7 months now. I am still a beginner but have learned quite a lot. I would like to apply and use what I have learned so I don't forget, have others to correct me if I make a mistake and to just have fun learning together... if you are interested in becoming friends, language partners, or both please contact me and I will give you my facebook account. Thanks!! ~ Misty

Hiragana / katakana / kanji Hello. I have a question regarding when to use which alphabet symbol when writing in Japanese. I am currently memorizing hiragana then moving on to katakana. I often see a mix of the two and some kanji occasionally on Japanese products I buy. I was wondering why this was. I tried to look it up online and the site I checked said that important words in the sentence or foreign words are what are written in katakana and kanji. Is this true? Could someone please explain the rules to me? Thanks, Misty~