I haven't learned hiragana, yet I am in the process of learning how to use Kanjidamage for kanji. I mostly understand how everything is set up for each kanji. What I don't understand is the kunyomi/jukugo. For instance:
http://kanjidamage.com/japanese_symbols/241
On this page, you have 2 sentences for the kunyomi which shows how the present tense word "bury" becomes "buried" when being inflected by the okurigana もれる. The word "bury" itself is う ＊ める when using only hiragana, and becomes 埋める when combining the kanji with hiragana (okurigana). Assuming I have this right so far, my question then becomes why tf is "( を )" and "( が )" at the beginning of both bury and buried? What's their purpose?
My next question is about the jukugo. If jukugo are supposed to be compound words (like douche+bag = douchebag), then why doesn't the compound word bury (埋) + to suit (合) = "burytosuit" (even though that makes no sense whatsoever) instead of "compensate for" (which isn't even a compound word, nor does it relate in any way to the words used to create it)?
I think I understand why okurigana are added onto the jokugo, though. Say for instance you have the compound word "asshole". It can mean someone's asshole or that they ARE an asshole. My understanding is obviously fucked up somewhere, so I'll list off the way I understand things here:
radicals = letters (sometimes with or w/o meaning)
words = kanji (can be radicals themselves sometimes)
jukugo = compound words (douche+bag = douchebag)
okurigana = hiragana thrown at the end of a kanji to inflect it (say from past tense to present tense) or can be used to clear up the meaning of a kanji that might have multiple meanings (like in english the word "ass" can mean donkey, someone who is mean spirited, someone's rear, or to get sex ("get some ass"))
onyomi = how a kanji is supposed to be pronounced when in a compound word??????? (seeing as I don't understand wtf the deal with jukugo is, I don't really get this either at this point)
And ya... that's about it. I really don't understand how you would pronounce "bury" by itself seeing as I don't understand how the kunyomi part is setup, and also because of the fact I can't read all the hiragana yet.
Keep it simple as I obviously didn't get the how-to section the first time around. Dunno if I'm stupid or just don't know enough yet.
Thanks.