Put in the time, learn both kana sets (ひらがな[hiragana] & カタカナ[katakana]) really well, avoid romaji (spelling it out with english letters) because while it may be easier at first you’ll hobble yourself in the long run. After that, find a way to start acquiring Kanji and grammar at the same time, the grammar may not be useable at first but you’ll have a strong foundation in it once you have some kanji under your belt so you’ll be able to do something with them.
That’s my path so far anyway, and I’m about halfway through N5 grammar and have a few hundred kanji/vocabulary recognizable at this point. Find what works for you but either way don’t skip on the kana. If you learn a bunch of kanji but don’t know kana you won’t get very far.
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Check out the guide in the wiki/starter guide
Put in the time, learn both kana sets (ひらがな[hiragana] & カタカナ[katakana]) really well, avoid romaji (spelling it out with english letters) because while it may be easier at first you’ll hobble yourself in the long run. After that, find a way to start acquiring Kanji and grammar at the same time, the grammar may not be useable at first but you’ll have a strong foundation in it once you have some kanji under your belt so you’ll be able to do something with them.
That’s my path so far anyway, and I’m about halfway through N5 grammar and have a few hundred kanji/vocabulary recognizable at this point. Find what works for you but either way don’t skip on the kana. If you learn a bunch of kanji but don’t know kana you won’t get very far.