Maybe you feel like reading a manga in Japanese or your favorite anime doesn't have subtitles. Or maybe you are simply interested in Japan and want to learn the national language better. This article provides a fun, fast, and most importantly easy way to do this. Note that H = Hiragana and K = Katakana
Steps
Step 1. Search for an online writing table
Save the image to your computer.
Step 2. Try writing a sentence
For example: "I am a beautiful girl who lives in a flower".
Step 3. Write in H and K
You can also choose to write horizontally (in this case you have to write from left to right, as in Italian) or vertically, according to the classical tradition (in this case you have to write from top to bottom and from right to left).
Step 4. Store
A good method of learning is to spend half an hour to an hour a day acquiring and writing characters.
Step 5. Get the appropriate squared paper for writing in Japanese
Try Google and print them.
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Write an A in Hiragana and another A in Katakana.
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Now, write the A in Italian next to the characters in H and K.
Step 6. Try to memorize the characters:
soon you will think of the letter A in H or in K, and this mental image will link to the A in Italian.
Step 7. Repeat this method for all characters
Advice
- Look for books in the library or bookstore.
- Look for websites for Japanese books (usually translations are in English) or manga for children. They are normally only written in Hiragana and Katakana.
- Try studying in a distraction-free environment.
- Try to get a Japanese / Italian dictionary in Roman characters, it will be very useful.
- Find the right time to learn. For some people it is better to study in the morning, while others prefer to study in the evening, before going to bed.
- Study little and often for better results.
Warnings
- Make sure you write the characters in Hiragana / Katakana in the correct writing order, otherwise they may be illegible or messy.
- It can take a couple of months or a couple of years to learn all the alphabet H and K. It all depends on your memory. Try not to get bored after a couple of weeks and don't think that you will never be able to acquire them all. There are various online resources that can help you, such as memory games (if you are really motivated, this should take a few days to a couple of weeks).