Hello there Starsandmoon !! I'm very new here, yet I would like to welcome you to this great forum. I bet Nangi could pitch in some on your Japanese questions, and there is a section related to this Japanese language thing that may be good to check out. If I can ever be of help, just let me know, but Frank gave some good advice there. By the way, when I was in highschool, and found my first Japanese friend--a guy from Osaka who was in college at the time--I started learning from him and it was very useful. Well, I did get a few odd ones; the first sentence I learned which didn't mean what I had been told it meant and didn't find out for a short while, was "watashi wa baka desu!" (even though it may so well be true) ha, ha, ha. . .
Good luck to you !!!!!