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Hmm. You answered all of my questions. Thanks. That clears a bunch of stuff up.
As for Kudasai/Sageru (下さい/下げる) I noticed they had the same starting kanji, and in addittion to this, I recall reading that the context of kudasai is "to make oneself humble" or something, with sageru suggesting to the "lowering". I could have made this all up, of course. That's probably it. Thanks for everything.
So passive verbs for "de" (location) and action verbs you use ni? I believe I remember reading that. Interesting.
Ah, I also had one more question... is there a recource online (or even a book) where I can find the sino/kun readings of base kanji? I ask because... well, hitotsu = 1st , futatsu = 2nd, mitsu = 3rd, but what would 4th, 5th and *nth be? I'm sure I'll run into a number of situations where I need to know both readings off the top of my head.