Answer:
I have tips!! I am also learning Japanese. It's frustrating. (And I also wanna move to Japan :>)
Explanation:
Anyways, I use Duolingo most of the time, but I also use flashcards to learn kanji - search Hiragana quiz - to learn the Katakana and Hiragana (it doesn't have any kanji, since there's so many.)
I learned that there's different things you say when being respectful (obviously). So like, if you are saying "Thank you", There is three different ways.
1: Arigatou gozaimasu (Formal, something you say to strangers, boss, teacher, etc. Someone of a higher position than you pretty much.)
2: Arigatou (Basic, kind of formal but not really.)
3: Doumo (Something you say to a friend, or a parent, and this is informal, so I wouldn't say it to a teacher unless you are saying "Doumo arigatou gozaimasu" which is "Thank you very much."
Something else to keep in mind is the sentence structure. I know just a couple weeks ago and I started learning longer sentences, I couldn't get them right at all. Basically, I just think "Rice eat" or "I rice eat" now lol.
-- I use this to read manga (just search bilingual manga, I'm sure it'll come up), and you just pick a story, and when you read it, you can change it back and forth between English and Japanese.
That's all I have for you!! Have a good day! I really hope this helps you.
