Tae Kim's Guide to Japanese (http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/) is absolute unbeatable. I started to use it way back when I was a first-year university student years and years ago and still use it as a grammar reference on occasion. It has great, easy explanations and nice pieces of vocab.

The above are good sources. I also like yesjapan.com They feature the textbooks Japanese from Zero. You can also download textbooks from other websites. For example Genki 1 and 2 from slideshare. It all depends on whether you want textbooks or web resources or both. Message me if you need or want more clarification.

Well, I recommend starting out with Kana, specifically Hiragana. Since, it makes all the sounds and it is the most basic forum of reading and writing. http://www.csus.edu/fl/japanese/gahoh/English.html http://japanese.gatech.edu/WebCTVista/JAPN1001/contents/Lesson02/hiragana/mnemonic-hiragana.html http://genkienglish.net/genkijapan/katakana.htm Then, I recommend moving on the grammar, and vocab. Vocab: http://japaneseclass.jp/ https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/4120737962 (This is step one. There are 10 steps.) Grammar: http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/ http://www.gwu.edu/~eall/vjg/vjghomepage/vjghome.htm http://maggiesensei.com/ http://study.u-biq.org/english.html There are more stuff, but just posted some general ones

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