Anyone speak Japanese? (MM8 8-bit project)

[Ultimecia]

I can read katakana and hiragana(not kanji, though ), but I won't know what they mean.

Same here. I gave up on Japanese classes because I didn't had the time, and the kumon method is boring and tiresome :/

So, is anybody trying to write something to them? Even in English?
What about like
"Hi, I'm _______ from The Spriters Resource ( http://www.spriters-resource.com/ ). We saw your work and we wondered if you guys are interested in sharing the sprite sheets at our site."
Maybe a "Sorry my poor Japanese" or "Sorry about the message being in English, I can't speak Japanese" followed by "Thanks for your time"