Do I really have to memorize every word?

I started learning Japanese a few days ago, but am having a hard time remembering the vocab. I try to create a strong mental image of each word to help me remember it. For example, I want to say hello, so I think of a chihuahua wearing a cone --> coney chihuahua --> こんいちわ. This seemed great until i started realizing there might be thousands of words. What happens if I don't remember a word? I will try to think of the mental image, but what if I don't remember that either? Will people be able to tell I'm a non language speaker?

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