Japanese lessons!

I've decided to offer simple Japanese lessons here--partially for anyone who's interested, but mostly because I think writing everything I know (which isn't much...) out in a format for explaining to other people will help me remember it better. I'll do them every "when I get around to it," but I'll make sure to tag them all "benkyō" so they're easy to find. And now:

( Lesson 1: Kanji and kana )