sooo... hard for the kanji..but katakana and hiragana quite easy though...plus the japanese has really weird structure though...huhu but thats the best..
I really doubt that japanese is easier than english........-whistle I took japanese courses for 3 months at Language House just to learn the basic.......
it you know trad chinese character, it will help a lot. with any foreign language, you have to consistent learning it or you'll forget easily.
1 - 10 how are is japanese, i'd say 7....if you're learning by yourself!!! LOL currently im learning jap by myself, it's pretty hard....