Best way to learn to read Japanese?

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Lafiel said:

theprof00 said:

start with a, i, u, e, o (yes the vowel order is different in JP.
then do ka, ki, ku, ke, ko
then sa, shi, su, se, so

etc. Learn to write them. Use flash cards to help. Also will probably take longer than a day. It is a huge amount of information to absorb through something that may be extremely foreign to how you've been brought up to think.

Also; pronunciation is different as well.

a i u e o
is pronounced
a as in father
i as in eat
u as in the second part of the u sound in cute. not the 'you' sound but the trailing short ooh
e as in feather
o in first faux

I think it's easy to memorize them well within a day, but ofcourse you need to revisit these several times on different days in order to make sure it stays that way.

Btw, it must be extra tough for native english speakers, as everything is pronounced so differently. It's much easier on me, as most of the syllables are pronounced just like I would when I read them "in german".

English is my native language but I am semi-fluent in Spanish (I used to be fluent but after barely using it for years I have lost a good bit of it) I will get there guys, just trying to find the exact table I want to study. The table on that one site is a bit small, would writing the Hiragana syllables followed by the English meaning be helpful?