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well there are 3 writing systems:
hiragana, used for native japanese words and sometimes mixed with kanji*, for example My dog is cute. (watashino inu kawaii desu). 私の犬かわいいです. watashi is kanji*, no is hiragana. inu is kanji*, kawaii is hiragana, and desu is hiragana. there are 71 hiragana.
katakana, used for foreign words like "loan words" from english. for example, cheese (chiizu)チーズ . there are 71 katakana.
*kanji is the 2,000 characters that were taken from china. some are simple and easy to remember, like large ( dai) 大 . other kanji are sort of complicated, but become as easy as dai with practice, like tea ( cha) 茶 . but, many kanji are complicated and can take years to conquer. for example window (mado) 窓.
the most important step to learning japanese writing is that you practice it everyday. learning katakana first is good because it sort of introduces you to the language, without any of the complcated drawings of kanji. hiragana isn't harder,but more elaborate.
a good tip is to print out two kana tables, 1 hiragana, 1 katakana, and just keep them in your pockets.
NOTE: japanese doesn't have one single letter. they have one kana that is two syllables. here is a link to a hiragana chart, it will make you understand better.
of course, there are a few exceptions, like n and (w)o. also a i u e and o. if you've taken spanish, you could easily pronounce japanese vowels. a (ahh) i (ee) u (ooo) e (ehh) o (oh). to prounounce the hiragana syllables, just add the letter in front. ka (kahh) ki (kee) ku (koo) ke (keh) ko (koh).
if you are serious about writing the language, you will need to speak it first. YouTube search something it will help.
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