How to study Japanese?

I'll try to keep this short.

I want to start learning Japanese, but since I don't have Pimsleur money I need a method to hit it.  Right now I have 'A Guide to Writing Kanji And Kana' Book 1 and 2, by Wolfgang Hadamitzky and Mark Spahn, and Living Language's 'Ultimate Japanese' (which is supposedly a VERY shitty book, but it was free and I'm using it for grammar/conjugation only.)  I'm debating making flash cards as well.

So, how should I go about learning it?  I'm sure just reading it won't be enough...

>>80
otintinbirooonってどういう意味だ？
いや、さっきのは軽い冗談だ。「強姦は日本人の挨拶のしかた」(Raping is like saying hello in Japan)は四葉の野郎どもがいつも言ってるから。

>>80
４ちゃん見てる日本人がいて驚いたもんだなｗ

　　　     
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 　　　　_(*ﾟーﾟ)＿__  < ah! my poor friend speedy!
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>>81
なぜなら、Anonymousめが日本の事してるものはＪＡＶぐらいだからなぁ。

この場所に邪悪な力があり、私はよい力を有したい。

日本語でもスペイン語でも何でもいいが
本気で外国語を勉強しようと思ったら2年はかかるよな。
仕事止めて毎日学校に通って2年間、ひたすら言語の勉強だけに
専念して、ようやく広く浅く会話できるようになる感じ。

まあ俺はアメリカに2年住んでも、大して英語力付かなかったけどな・・・。

>>81
means expose penis

まあ、俺も英語の勉強しに来てるんだけどね
read onry member だけど

>>82
ここ日本のVIPでは有名だよｗ

oh lol

OLD

my asshole can speak.
i always talk with him.

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>>54
A bit enthusiastic there, chubs.

Moji No Benkyou (1) is a free Windows software that helps you studying Japanese characters (Hiragana and Katakana).

http://www.geocities.jp/katayama_hirofumi_mz/mojiben1/eindex.htm

check it out
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>>93
Great! That's a nice software I've never seen.

http://www.learnjapanesefree.com/

Japanese is the official language of Japan. It is called "Nihongo" in Japanese. Japanese script has been adopted from the Chinese language. The Chinese script was modified and three different scripts of Japanese were created. The language is written by combining three scripts whose names are Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji. In olden time, Japanese was written vertically. In addition, it was written from right to left and would start from the very last page to the first page. In other words, from back to front. However, in modern times this system has been changed and is written in the normal way.

Try HimaChat.net!

http://HimaChat.net

You can learn how to read(with pronunciation) & write(with stroke order animation) & example words "Hiragna" with cute Manga illustrations at following site.

http://www.darugo.jp/

You should really check out http://www.humanjapanese.com/ OP, it's a great starting point.

Hey, I'm a pure Japanese and I've made cool flash games for you.
Please check it out if you'd like.

KanaCross - a quiz game for Japanese learners
http://cherry-and-cherry.net/kanacross/kanacross_top.html
Kotodama - a typing game for Japanese learners
http://cherry-and-cherry.net/kotodama/kotodama_top.html

>>96
Except of course books are still right to left for the most part, and many pure novels are written top to bottom. The words themselves are always left to right, however.

For you, op, I'd recommend genki or japanese for everyone. The tapes for japanese for everyone are available on the pirate bay.

Kanji is harder to focus on. Both of the aforementioned textbooks include some kanji, but of course not the full amount in any particular order.

If you feel you have a grasp of the Japanese language, I'd recommend using actual Japanese kanji learning books for schoolchildren. They progressively teach meanings and readings instead of bombarding you with everything at once. Only a basic grasp is required, as short example sentences are given. You write the kanji ten times, then do the prewritten test at the end of every unit. The order is structured by grade and difficulty by the education ministry or whatever, but it does not teach by radical only, like kanjidamage does.
Kanjidamage is your second option. It teaches kanji by radical so, in theory, the kanji you learn can all stick in your mind longer due to the similarities. However, you are bombarded with ass-tons of information. Your choice. It's not easy.
Also do not do heisig's remembering the kanji. It's very roundabout, in my opinion.

>>101

No, they were literally written right to left in the prewar period. You still see it from time to time.

謹賀新年 will be written as 年新賀謹 on some shrines, for example.

I don't know, I can only speak American.

>>102

Old/fancy things, generally. Ramen shop signboards, monuments, shrines.

When should you begin to study native material? I am almost through Genki 2 and I feel that mangas are so hard that they are almost a waste of time because I have to look almost every single word.

>>105

What's wrong with that? I learned most of my vocabulary by looking them up and writing them down as I read novels. Although there are "Core 2000" decks or whatever for Anki if you'd rather just memorize a bunch of words.

Regarding the original question: as soon as you can.

>>105

After Genki, I would recommend using Tobira.

>Tobira

Reading Japanese topical news is efficient to study Japanese.

http://zattoyomi.appspot.com/

This site shows the list of the latest Japanese news. It's convenient.