errr... I think Japanese and Chinese are easier to speak rather than writing kanji in writing sometimes we forget where we should put this line, 1 or 2 lines, or else the pronounciation depends on the teacher's dialect well.. every person has their own ability, like some people are good in m...
if you're fluent in Chinese Mandarin, you won't struggle learning Japanese word(kanji, not katakana) , just different in pronounciation, same in meaning. but why people are so serious, use Google translate, period :X hahaha.. i know, but the biggest problem was the pronounciation. i act...
used to learn chinese, but it was so so so difficult that I gave up after 1 year. after that, i decided to learn 日本語 (japanese) dont know why, but I only interested in language that is not written in latin-based alphabet.