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please, whatever you do, don't use romaji !! though romaji can kind of help when you get stuck on a word, it will have a huge impact on your pronunciation ! learning hiragana early will save you from a bunch of backlash, take it from me >_<
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memorise these characters//

あ- "ah" // e.g: ame <あめ/rain>

う- "u" // e.g: ohayō <おはよう/morning>

い- "i" // e.g: koi <こい/carp>

え- "e" // e.g: namae <なまえ/name>

お- "o" // e.g: onaka <おなか/stomach>

か- "ka" // e.g: ka <か/?>

く- "ku" // e.g: kazokū <かぞく/family>

こ- "ko" // e.g: koi <こい/carp>

け- "ke" // e.g: kesa <けち/old japanese clothing for old men?????>

き- "ki" // e.g: kirei <きれい/beautiful>

さ- "sa" // e.g: sayōnara <さようなら/goodbye>

す- "su" but "u" is normally silent // e.g: osu <おす/push/press>

せ- "ze" // e.g: gozen <ごぜん/morning>

し- "shi" // e.g: mushi <むし/insect>

そ- "soh" // e.g: soba <そば/buckwheat noodles>

た- "ta" // e.g: taiko <たいこ/drums>

つ- "tsu" // e.g: tsuki <つき/moon>

て- "te" // e.g: te <て/hand>

と- "to" // e.g: toshi <とし/big city>

ち- "chi" // e.g: chichi <ちち/father>

な- "na" // e.g: sayōnara <さようなら/goodbye>

ぬ- "nu" // e.g: inu <いぬ/犬/dog>

ね- "ne" // e.g: neru <ねる/to sleep>

に- "ni" <to/at/in> // e.g: nikoniko <にこにこ/smile<y>>

の- "no" <possessive particle> // e.g: Misa's cat <美沙の猫/misa no neko>

は- "wa, ha" // e.g: watashi wa <

ふ- "hu" // e.g: huku <ふへ/clothes>

へ- "he" // e.g: hen <へん/strange>

ほ- "ho" // e.g: hoshi <ほし/star>

ひ- "hi" // e.g: hito <ひと/person>

ま- "ma" // e.g: man <まん/ten thousand>

む- "mu" // e.g: mukou <むこう /over there>

め "me" // e.g: me <め/eye>

み- "mi" // e.g: mimi <みみ/ears>

も- "mo" // e.g: kumo <くも/spider>

や- "ya" // e.g: ya <や/arrow>

ゆ- "yu" // e.g: yūgata <ゆうがた/evening>

よ- "yoh" // e.g: you <よう/drunk>

ら- "ra/la" // e.g: chira <ちら/furtive glance>

る- "ru" // e.g: miru <みる/to look <at>>

れ- "re" // e.g: rei <れい/zero>

ろ- "ro" // e.g: roku <ろく/six>

り- "ri" // e.g: midori <みどり/green>

わ- "wa" // e.g: watashi <わたし/I>

を- "wo" // e.g: watashi wo ringo ga taberu <わたしをリンゴが食たべる/I eat an apple>

ん- "n" // e.g: hon <ほん/book>

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even though there's a lot of characters to learn, please don't give up, I believe in you !!