Hi guys,
I've started learning Japanese on my own (using books) and have stumbled with the following problem, which I would be very interested in hearing your experience:
The book I am using starts just with hiragana, then later introduces katakana, and after a couple of chapter starts with kanji (the big monster of this language) for the basic words. The thing that caught my attention is that shortly after, some kanjis are introduced, which appear to be advanced kanjis (e.g. N2 or N1 level), such as 撮る (to take a picture).
So, my question for people who are not advanced: did you started studying all the kanjis right from the begining (even of they were above levels N5 or N4) or waited some time before going deep into kanji learning? I am getting the feeling that if I start pushing myself too much to learn the kanji of each new word I learn, I might get stranded and loose some motivation, since my feeling is that 70% of my limitation when learning this amazing language is actually trying to memorize the kanjis.
Thanks for any feedback :)
Greetings!
