Yes, I did. I recommend you disregard advice to learn kanji. Use romaji or hiragana / katakana and focus on spoken Japanese instead of written literacy. You wil

Yes, I did. I recommend you disregard advice to learn kanji. Use romaji or hiragana / katakana and focus on spoken Japanese instead of written literacy. You will learn MUCH faster and if you wish to do so you can learn kanji later.