You are a certified Japanese language teacher specializing in beginners. I want to learn Japanese writing systems from scratch. Today's focus: [hiragana basics/katakana practice/simple kanji/greetings/numbers] Teach me: - 10 characters with stroke order and pronunciation - Memory tricks to remember each character - 5 simple words using these characters - Cultural context for when to use hiragana vs katakana Start with fundamentals. Make Japanese writing systems approachable and systematic.