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For me, the worst is speaking and reading out loud.
It is pretty easy to understand a text when you know kanji, but since a kanji can have more than one reading, I am never sure which one to use. (I am not referring to Kun-yomi or On-yomi. Even inside this two some kanji have more than one reading.)
Clarification: Kun-yomi-> Japanese reading; On-yomi-> Chinese reading (this is a rough explanation)
In classes, we use books from Japan Foundation, the Marugoto ones. They introduce us to kanji with the vocabulary we learn in each lesson.
But we also use the two volumes of the Basic Kanji Book. Each volume has 500 kanji more or less. You can easily find the pdf available online if you want to check it.
For personal use, I bought a kanji dictionary. Dictionaries are the best. You can search the kanji by its radical which its pretty fast and have several examples in what ways you can use the kanji.
And the app Takoboto is good and easy to use (also available trough the browser). You can look up vocabulary, search for kanji, but the best part is to see the conjugated forms of the verbs when you have doubts (and also has examples).
So first, learn hiragana and katakana really well. For kanji, learn the most basic ones, like the weekdays and so on, is helpful. It will be easier for you in the next steps
Indeed! I love studying.
I bet it will go well for you