Sorry, that looked like a lot less while I was typing it ^^; anyway- last thing: you can get a really nice japanese keyboard with this link: https://www.google.co.jp/ime/ Just click on the big blue button

I recommend starting with this- this is "Tim-sensei's guide": http://ww8.tiki.ne.jp/~tmath/home/index.htm http://ww8.tiki.ne.jp/~tmath/language/jpverbs/index.htm#contents (I know these links look a little strange, but I've used them a lot and they seem fine) this guide puts together difficult concepts in a very easy-to-understand way and has well organized lesson plans you can get a decent base vocabulary and a pretty strong grasp of the grammar if you go through this guide Afterwards it's all practice makes perfect- the best way to learn any language is to use it, for that you've come to the right site :) also, if you watch anime, try watching once with the subtitles, and then without subtitles afterwards there's also a dictionary app you might want to try called 'bravolol japanese'- you can search in either japanese or english when you want to know something, it has voice recordings of pronunciations, and also a lot of example sentences for common words About.com is also a helpful resource- especially when you're ready to start learning kanji: http://japanese.about.com/library/blkodarchives.htm I've also found helpful things here: http://www.japaneseprofessor.com/blog/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's all kind of overwhelming when you're first starting out- hard to figure out where to go or how to begin, so I hope this gives you a good starting point :) learn hiragana first, then focus on listening practice and vocab, and later start with reading an writing more in depth- that's probably the way to go: good luck! feel free to ask if you have any questions

Hajimemashite 始めまして Ohayougozaimasu おはようございます Arigatou ありがとう Konichiwa こんにちは Sayonara さよなら Konbanwa こんばんわ 頑張ります