Wanna understand anime & manga? Wanna travel one day to Japan? I started learning Japanese 3 years ago and found the best free (no scam / freemium) websites to learn Japanese.

# STEP 1: Learn hiragana and katakana
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Tofugu Hiragana lesson & practice sheet https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/learn-hiragana/

DR. Lingua games: https://drlingua.com/



# STEP 2: Basic reading and vocabulary
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Progressive reading (Tadoku): https://tadoku.org/japanese/en/free-books-en/
Bilingual manga for beginners: https://bilingualmanga.com/
Learn numbers: https://langpractice.com/japanese/
Watanoc - Easy articles: http://watanoc.com/

# STEP 3: Immerse yourself & learn grammar
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Tae Kim Guide: http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar
Sentence search (with audio pronunciation): https://sentencesearch.neocities.org/
Shimajiro (easy children's cartoon): https://www.youtube.com/user/SHIMAJIROCH
Benjiro-san (easy real life Skype conversations): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChBBWt5H8uZW1LSOh_aPt2Q

Good luck !