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Yeah! I'm learning Japanese! So far, I've learned the following words:

heya-room/noun

hito-person/noun

neko-cat/noun

hon-book/noun

inu-dog/noun

kami-god/noun

ai-love/noun

watashitachi-we/pronoun

kanojo-she/pronoun

karetachi-them(with boys) Karera-them(with boys)/pronoun

anata-you/pronoun

kanojotachi-them(all girls) kanojora-them(all girls)/pronoun

watashi-I/pronoun

anatatachi-you(plural) anatara-you(plural)/pronoun

kare-he/pronoun

doko-where

ikutsu-how many or how old

nani-what

dare-who

nante-Why!? or What!?

ni-signifies movement(particle)

ka-signifies question(particle)

no-signifies possesion of object or person(particle)

wa or ga-makes a person the subject(particle)

de-signifies location or destination(particle)

e-shows direction of a movement(particle)

aruku-to walk/verb

hanashiru-to run/verb

korosu-to kill/verb

miru-to see or to watch/verb (This reminds me of the Spanish verb Mirar which also means to see or to watch.)

taberu-to eat/verb

hanasu-to speak/verb

aoi-blue/adjetive

shiroi-white/adjetive

hayai-fast/adjetive

akai-red/adjetive

asoi-slow/adjetive

kuroi-black/adjetive

nihoun-Japan

Yasashii-nice

desu-to be/verb

san-common suffix meaning Mrs. Mr. Miss or Ms.

sama-put after the names of important people

chan-put after the names of young girls

kun-put after the names of young boys

sensei-put after the names of teachers, proffesionals, and doctors

Bakemono-monster

tsuyoi-strong

taisetsu-precious

zenzen-completly

karama-car

rippa-magnifecent

chigau-diffrent

hai-yes

nomu-to drink/verb

furu-to precipitate(rain)/verb

kau-to buy/verb

iru-to exist/verb

suru-to do/verb

kuru-to come/verb

deru-to go out/verb

ochiru-to fall/verb

au-to meet/verb

tatsu-to stand/verb

suwaru-to sit/verb

hairu-to enter/verb

kiru-to cut/verb

kaeru-to return/verb

kagiru-to limit/verb

keru-to kick/verb

mairu-to come or to go/verb

nigiru-to grasp/verb

shiru-to know/verb

mizu-water

ame-rain

kore-this

demo-but or however

ueito-wait

I know a lot more, like sentence structure, conjugations, past tense, present tense verbs, ect... but it would take much longer to put here! Hope you enjoyed seeing some of the words, and maybe I'll put up another entry! Well, Ja na!