掲示板 Forums - Memorizing

I'm pretty sure it is bc I have been learning for two days and I already got then memorized

You can pick up a working knowledge of both sets with a few minutes of study. Actually mastering them takes longer, but you can move on to learning words and phrases while that is progressing. It will actually help reinforce your kana.

Everybody has different capabilities of doing things. While some can memorize in less than a week, some need to go a bit longer and that's ok! What's important is that you finally got started. Instead of memorizing hiragana and katakana, you can instead "familiarize" them. You notice that hiragana is more "cursive" or softer when written and katakana has stricter edges compared to it.

In Anki (a flashcards app/software with SRS built-in), instead of painstakingly memorizing how each character looks, you can look at a character for 2 seconds (or more) then click on the options "Again, Good, Hard, and Easy" and since it's your first time seeing that character (e.g. ヘ is HE) you can click "Again" so you'll be exposed to the same character again in the future. There are youtube videos that can teach you how to download and find the right Anki deck for you. It's also better if the Anki deck has audio available where a voice reads the characters outloud as you progress through your studies.

Anki software: https://apps.ankiweb.net/ (PC/Laptop)

Japanese Anki Decks to choose from AFTER downloading the software: https://ankiweb.net/shared/dec...

Anki Decks that are specifically for Beginners who don't know Hiragana and Katakana yet: https://ankiweb.net/shared/dec...

I highly recommend "Hiragana Memory Hint" (Android) and "Katakana Memory Hint" (Android) I don't know if they have those apps available on the Apple app store but they draw illustrations that look the closest to the Kana (Katakana + Hiragana) characters.

Example: ム in katakana is "MU"

I've seen some people do it in 3 days, others in 3 months. It depends on a hundred different things.

In short, though, it'll take the time that it takes. For everyone, try not to look at people who get them done in a few days and think "that is normal, and I am terrible at learning".