h ow are you learning Japanese? Ive been wanting to learn for a bit. but I am young and don't have good resources.
1. memorize hiragana and katakana
2. search kanji meant for elementary schoolers (also just overall language content meant for children, it's easier to understand if you're a beginner). write them down in a notebook; watch out on the stroke order, usually websites like kanjisearch provide the correct order of strokes for easier writing.
3. learn basic grammar, like suffixes and sentence-building. treat all the three alphabets like toy cube blocks. the word order directly affects the meaning, so don't be shy to paste the sentence you wrote into translator to spot mistakes.
4. websites and other extensions
browser japanese keyboard
microsoft ime (in case you want to type in japanese directly on the computer)
site with handwritten kanji search
reddit tutorial for setting up a japanese dictionary extension right into browser
yomiwa (smartphone app , dictionary with random kanji everyday)
みんなの日本語 (minna no nihongo) nice notebooks for learners
various youtube videos about the grammar.
personal tip: when learning kanji, remember that these are words. you know, when in english we create words out of letters, the chinese crafted words out of stroke combinations (which the japanese later stole). so please tie your own association of meaning to each one, would be much easier to memorize them.
5. other
consider watching native speaking youtubers. the best way to learn a language is become used to hearing it. surround yourself with content in language that you want to learn. i initially learned english through western entertainment content, and recently i started doing that with japanese too. subreddit.
