For the kana words I think all you can do is put in an electronic dictionary or an online dictionary and check each word as the kanji will differ. 

Have you tried searching the web for Japanese sites?  I'm going to be apartment searching here in Japan in about a year so I just typed アパート探し into Google and got loads of info and sentences.

Then again, depends on what you want to learn.

QuackingShoe wrote:

If you don't know the meaning of a word in a sentence at all, you don't understand the meaning of the sentence, so you should probably just forget about it and move on if you can't figure it out (try a J-J dictionary). Eventually you'll be able to figure it out, as you gain more knowledge of everything else, so you don't need to worry about it now.

Any particular examples, though?

here was the sentence was trying to translate

あんまりのり出すと危ないぞー

for teh first word あんまり　it had a bunch of different meanings said Jim Breen's translator i tried yahoo dictionary but i couldn't find the word on it.

From school, I remember that あんまり is a variant of あまり, just like やはり＝やっぱり, みな＝みんな, そうして＝そして. It's dangerous if you noridasu too much.

But yeah, I agree, if you don't know the meaning of a sentence, don't train with it. What's the point? I find no shortage of material I do understand. If it appeals to you, save it in a file and have a look at it in a year's time to see if you understand it now.

konakona50 wrote:

first is that a lot of words have more than one meaning. and i don't know which is the correct to use for that sentence and these words that im trying to get the meaning of are kana words  not kanji. so does anyone have any tips for me on what i should do about it?

This is what I do when I come across a sentence I don't understand:

    1. Check a word dictionary.
    2. Check a grammar dictionary and/or ALC.
    3. Read a translation, if available, and try to make sense.
    4. Skip it.

Don't be afraid to skip a sentence. You'll come across that same grammar construction again, eventually. Also, many here don't like using translations, but I find them quite useful. You just have to be cautious, as not all translators are trustworthy.

konakona50 wrote:

should i add a sentence to my srs of the words i do understand in my textbook dictionary it says あんまり/あまり　means too much; excessively ; too hard ; cruel; unreasonable

with and example sentence: あんまり面白くないです。＝ it's not too interesting

is this correct? cause if it is i would add this and a couple other sentences that are in my dictionary about the word.

Yea that sentence is fine.

ok i guess i'll just just continue with my textbooks... thanks!