Wikibooks has a nice tutorial section for the kana. I would recommend making flashcards for them, learning hiragana first. Then, just print a bunch of kana articles off the japanese wikipedia and translate them phonetically for practice. Three weeks, tops.
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Anonymous2006-10-06 10:49
repeat writing the same letter until it's burned into your mind, you can master it in a day or two. while browsing japanese sites or manga raws, try to recognize the kana from time to time, that'll help you remember em'.
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Anonymous2006-10-07 19:55
Buy Wolfgang Hadamitzky & Mark Spahn - Kanji & Kana. It's perfect for learning the kana and the jooyoo kanji. Inclusive stroke order and everything it's perfect. It's used here at university.
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Anonymous2006-10-09 3:06
Learn the kana before kanji. You cant learn yomikata without knowing hiragana :P
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Anonymous2006-10-09 6:25
wtf is a jooyoo?
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Anonymous2006-10-09 6:27
I haven't read Heisig's booklet on teaching yourself the kana, but based on my experience with his kanji-learning technique, I'm pretty sure it is very efficient.
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Anonymous2006-10-09 6:32
>>13
Jōyō (常用) means common use. In this case, it refers to a list of 1945 kanjis that are to be taught throughout primary and secondary education to all Japanese pupils. (Basically the characters everybody should know).