Wow, okay. For starters Matthew, you can’t say “Oh look, this thread again” if the information you provided didn’t help at all. Literally you didn’t answer the question I asked in any way. Bravo on your mastery on “this thread”.

Secondly, THANK YOU MICHAEL because that made perfect sense. Because of my background with Rosetta Stone I already recognize a few kanji, and in my experience different kanji were pronounced differently when paired with other kanji- but that’s because some kanji have multiple on’yomi. When you said “it doesn’t change for every combination”, I was reminded that one of the kanji in the list (九) had two on’yomi, and that fits the two pieces of the puzzle together.

However, I disagree with you on disagreeing with Koichi (if that makes sense). This is a WONDERFUL way to learn kanji, it’s preparing for the future, it’s not a quick fix. Rosetta Stone does all the thinking and processing for you, and just expects you to memorize how to say every scenario. Koichi is giving us the ability to piece together our own sentences and words, and in the long run allowing us to recognize kanji in parts so that we can put it together easier, or create it for ourselves easier. It’s really for people who like to know more than it is for people who like to have it all figured out for them. That being said, I am one of those people who like to know more… ^^

But really, thanks bro. It all makes sense now, and I can go back to downloading information without a hiccup. =)