[kuroisaiyajin]

I see kanji's the number one enemy, and rightfully so since there are so many to learn and so many readings for each. But I've found that you can get away with out learning it 100% while surviving in Japan, because most Japanese people I know have had me show them a few kanji even they have had to look up. I went with honorifics, if you make the small mistake of not remembering one at the right time it can make a very uncomfortable situation, and it's been very hard for me to remember all the verb changes, and which nouns have お in front of them. Same thing for the humbling form.