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It's great that you are trying! Keep up with it!

Learning Japanese is really really hard. It's great that you have found something like translating songs to keep you inspired.

I really think that learning a language on your own is nearly impossible, especially at the beginning, if you don't have some super-motivator (like you live in the country where the language is the main communication).

I would recommend taking a class, or arranging some regularly scheduled lesson...that way you are motivated to study and do homework.

Translating songs is great, but it 1) is really hard, even for bi-lingual translators and 2) isn't really going to get you fluent.

Instead of a song, try a manga. Especially one that has hiragana written above the kanji. That way you can learn some kanji and also see Japanese conversations taking place.

Songs are great, but aren't natural conversation. (By pop music, you would think it's OK to call everyone "OMAE" all the time....totally not the case)