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hi , as the title says im getting an exchange student from japan. I'm *really* hyped up about it and i want to get the absolute most out of it. Meaning i want to improve my Japanese greatly in the duration there here (2 weeks). There coming in march so i was wondering if any body could direct me to a set of verbs/nouns/particles that would allow to me to hold a decent conversation. I have an ok knowledge of the language at the moment. I can put together sentences easily of basic design all i need is the verbs which im trying to learn more of everyday. My particles are a little lacking though with me only knowing the most simplest ones wa/no/wo. I no less to no counters and things like saying the time are at 0% percent. So if you could just run down a little list of stuff that would allow to me converse with her/him ill *really* appreciate it. Cos i really wanna learn and this seems like a golden opportunity. i don't mind if its a lot of stuff ill try my best to learn as much as possible ^^

thanks~