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Originally Posted by willgoestocollege
Guten tag. For Kanji I recommend getting a book called "Remembering the Kanji". You may have heard about it and I'm sure you can get it in the German language now.
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I second this. Of course, this book is more of a long term investment. I've recently finished, and found that being familiar with the kanji has helped me more easily learn the readings and not confuse similar looking kanji when learning vocabulary. And Kyle is right when he says it's recommended to learn them in context.
As for books, I'd highly recommend
Japanese the Manga Way. It's very efficient in covering most of the essential grammar points, and is friendly to beginners and intermediate students alike. It's also more fun than reading from a textbook like Genki. I also second
willgoestocollege in avoiding it. I bought it when I was in Japan a year ago, and it's not worth the money.
Japanese the Manga Way is cheaper and better.