I forgot to mention, all of the links and apps i gave you are all free

I am learning as well, its not easy but the best way (other than complete immersion) is to just put in the effort but try to study efficiently so that less time is wasted and more memories are made. The best site i found for this is a site called memrise.com where you can go back and review everything you learned which i do daily. here is a link to a good beginner course: http://www.memrise.com/course/12/introduction-to-japanese/ also look into spatial repetition. especially for kanji maybe try flash cards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPVpsX9ZPWE for grammar: http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/ NHK also has some news articles which are written in easier japanese once you get a bit more skilled: http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/k10010103261000/k10010103261000.html Most importantly dont give up. I wanted to a few times but i didnt and even though it was ridiculously hard at some points and still is, and even though im still not good at japanese, im getting better and once you start getting somewhat of a good command of the language the rewards are amazing, like nothing ive felt before. just dont give up, make it a daily task to improve the best you can at your own pace.