It’s more difficult from first-language English because the languages are so different, but Japanese is fundamentally a very simple language. There’s no complicated articles, plurals, prepositions, etc. There’s not 100 different verb conjugations (like Spanish for example), there’s only a few basic ones that can be used indiscriminately for first-, second-, and third-person. You don’t really need to use pronouns and most syntax can be omitted if it doesn’t add necessary context.
The biggest thing making Japanese an “easy” language to learn is the huge amount of learning material available. It’s probably second only to English (and maybe Spanish) in the amount of popular TV, movie, and music that can be used for practice.
Even kanji is not really difficult once you get into it; only time-consuming.
It’s more difficult from first-language English because the languages are so different, but Japanese is fundamentally a very simple language. There’s no complicated articles, plurals, prepositions, etc. There’s not 100 different verb conjugations (like Spanish for example), there’s only a few basic ones that can be used indiscriminately for first-, second-, and third-person. You don’t really need to use pronouns and most syntax can be omitted if it doesn’t add necessary context.
The biggest thing making Japanese an “easy” language to learn is the huge amount of learning material available. It’s probably second only to English (and maybe Spanish) in the amount of popular TV, movie, and music that can be used for practice.
Even kanji is not really difficult once you get into it; only time-consuming.