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i can only read/type hiragana and katakana but one of my friends started taking learning japanese seriously and he sent me this guide
https://www.tofugu.com/learn-japanese/
you do have to learn the fundamentals, like grammar, or else you're just going to be screwed, and grammar books are just an easy way for most people to learn that, though i'm sure you can find other options for learning that.
> I was learning the kanji radicals but I stopped by one day and I lost my streak
don't let stuff like this get to you. it's fine to take breaks. eventually you're going to just going to hit a point where you slow down when learning a new language because the honeymoon phase wears off and it gets repetitive. just keep learning new things at your own pace, and whatever you do, for the love of god do not
stop practicing for too long, you will lose whatever knowledge you've acquired if you do that (this is how most americans take 1-4 years of spanish in high school and then forget all of it in their adult years, they don't use it at all after they get out of school).
