Ok, so... I'm starting to learn japonese as well, but I already have experience with studying Korean (for 6 months approximately) and I also have done some research in how to iníciate with my japonese learning, so here goes my suggestions:
1) Learn the Hiragana and Katakana alphabet; How to write and pronounce them.
2) Begin learning some Kanji ...... 2 reply
All the answers so far are good, but you primarily need to know how YOU learn. Essentially, are you someone who prefers to go methodically, understanding each basic element before moving forward to the next step, or are you a big picture person, someone who likes to start with something big and purposeful and learn all the little details as you nee...... 1 reply
I am actually from japan, but my friend is also learning Japanese. The best thing to start is hiragana/ひらがな. After, learn katakana/カタカナ. Learn some words and vocabulary after you Lenard hiragana and katakana. It is very easy to learn those writings. After you get vocabulary. Work on learning kanji/漢字 and more vocabulary. It will...... reply
There's this app "lingodeer" i m using it to learn korean and it works in fact i understand a bit of korean and i know how to write...this app teaches korean, Chinese and Japanese try it! reply
Im also learning japanese and besides what Marisolvrhg advised (which I totally agree and thats what im doing too) I recommend you to try to find the japanese lyrics of some songs you like and try to follow the lyrics, it will improve your memorization with the japanese alphabet and you will also understand better how to pronounce each "symbol" (le...... 1 reply
I've been learning Japanese for over a year now and using an app called Duolingo has been really useful. Also, watching Japanese programmes really helps to learn and understand the pronunciation. Writing characters on flip cards is additionally useful for memorising the hiragana, katakana, kanji and just Japanese words in general. 1 reply
If you are doing self study, I recommend Human Japanese for Android, IPhone and Windows. You can get the free version from Google Play. The paid version costs about $20 USD and it is worth every penny! Basically it is a Japanese Language Course that you would take in high school or college. There is a curriculum and tests, you learn to read, write,...... 1 reply
I use apps. Duplingo, katakana pro, memrise (my favorite), and then if you type in "kanji first grade" it should give you a blue app with Japanese kanji on it. It's an app they use in Japan and they have it all they way up to 8th grade or something. So I'd go duolingo and do all the lessons they have on hiragana (I think it's the first 4) then -> k...... 3 reply
i use memrise, hiragana learn experiment, katakana pro and infinite Japanese. hiragana learning experiment helped me a lot when it comes to being able to write the symbols. i found katakana pro later on and used that one also to help with katakana. infinite japanese is a simple game that helps you learn new words and kanji so i like it a lot. i hav...... 1 reply
