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I just wanted to share that I'm finding the kanji senpai Android app very helpful for learning kanji. It's very straightforward. Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.rodriguez.kanjisenpai.android

If you're having trouble remembering vocabulary, I'd highly recommend looking at Anki. It's a flashcard app where you can either download pre-made decks, or make your own to help with just the words you already know.

Hi, I am not sure if this would help you but it helped me. I was also looking for more interesting way of learning Japanese. I tried it with reading blog articles about topics which I have found interesting. Being curious about what the blog article is about was very motivating. Initially, I had to look up a lot of kanji and words and this took up quite some time. Therefore, I have created an app where I can just paste the text and then can just click on a kanji or word and the app gives me all the info I need. This speeded up my learning and was fun. You can read more about the app here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kanjimax

Where are you getting 1000 from?　I typed this into google and it has suggested ”all night long” which I think is pretty weird personally when paired with the cigarette (but correct based on what I know) ． I also found this https://hinative.com/ja/questions/8397045 which says eternal night/evening.　

There is also the off chance that it could be a typo.....Maybe it is "一生タチ"? "タチ" being touch. So if you smoke you're touched by tobacco for a lifetime?

It's kinda controversial, a lot of people love it and lot of people hate it but Heisig Remembering The Kanji works really well for me. I think it works best if you're using it along a separate language course like Genki.

RTK teaches you how to write 3000 kanji and to assign a meaning to them in English (sometimes quite tenuously) based on the Japanese. This makes it a whole lot easier to remember kanji in Japanese words when you later learn them in Japanese vocab! Some people say you can get through the whole book in a few months. For me I've been at it for just over a year and Im about 1000 kanji in. Just take your time with it! It's like a good way to lay the foundations for proper kanji learning later on. I really recommend it!

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There's also a great website to use with RTK called Kanji-Koohii. https://kanji.koohii.com It's designed to be used alongside RTK but maybe you could get by without the book.. I'm not sure!

Babadum is great for practicing kana (the Japanese syllable systems). You have to choose the correct option that matches the kana. Maybe playing it everyday might help with memorizing kana in a fun way :)

Hi Kaustubh,
Now we have released the android version. You can download it at the following link:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.au.LearnJapanese

There was an Android app I used to use called "Free Learn Japanese Hiragana" - it's logo was several colorful hiragana characters. It was free, had ads that weren't to intrusive. But it had Hiragana writing with proper stroke order. Haven't used in a while so not sure what updates they made.

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Here is the link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nihonngo.rennshuu&hl=en_US

There are quite a few more you probably want to figure out how to write, instead of asking for each one, pick up something like this:

Workbook that shows stroke order and pics of each one, and has grided squares that help: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/4805312270

If you need more grided squares to practice in: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1093697164/

Practicing on a whiteboard is another option I recommend, you can get small ones and markers very cheap if you don't have one.

The little circle at the bottom of る is a pretty Russian diamond.

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For ろ, the diamond rolled away.

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Check out Dr. Moku's.

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Also Kana Warrior