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Originally Posted by Kura Ookami  TheIronStar: I'm trying that, but I seem to get confused between similar looking characters like ろ(ro) and る(ru) Still, writing them does help me remember them. Hopefully I can make this into a habit and continue learning the kanji after the trial. |
I gave up on learning Japanese years ago, but, there's a book called Kanji Pict-O-Graphix you might find useful.
You can browse a preview at Amazon:
Amazon.com: Kanji Pict-o-Graphix: Over 1,000 Japanese Kanji and Kana Mnemonics (Zzz): Michael Rowley: Books
If I recall correctly, that book is where I learned a way to easily remember the difference between
ろ(ro) and
る (ru):
Imagine the little loop at the bottom of "ru" to be a precariously-balanced
ruby.
る
And, to get "ro", imagine the ruby has
rolled away.
ろ
Quite a while ago I made some HTML/JavaScript frames to make browsing the web in foreign languages easier for English speakers:
Foreign Language Web Browsing/Translation Frames
I made one for Japanese, maybe you'll find it useful:
Japanese frame.
(Edit: Unfortunately, it's not completely functional anymore. Some of it works, but now the Japanese->English translation part of it doesn't work correctly no matter what character encoding settings I use in my web browser. Sorry about that. 
I'll try to fix it but I'm not confident I'll be able to figure it out.)
(Another edit: Surprisingly, I managed to fix it. If anyone still has any problems, sorry about that, feel free to PM me about it).
I also made some tables of kana and their pronunciations:
Japanese Kana Pronunciation Tables
Good luck with everything.
Best wishes,
Apollia