I can read Japanese fine with the furigana... Now *understanding* what I'm reading is completely different... I can write the two basic systems, but kanji pwns me... I can understand far more listening than I can speak for just about any language I know any of. I took spanish in highschool for 3 years and one year of japanese. I can honestly say I remember more japanese than spanish... I want to learn Japanese and have a least a passing understanding of Spanish... keywords are everything for my understanding...