In my experience, (I have taken a year and a half of university level Mandarin and a year of university level Japanese, as well as a lot of hours studying on my own) I find Mandarin much easier to learn than Japanese in most aspects. So I don't think you can generalize really. People are individuals and some languages are easier to pick up than others depending on the person. I've had to study Japanese 10 times harder to even come close to my proficiancy level in Mandarin, but that's just me. Good luck to everyone! Study hard!
In my experience, (I have
In my experience, (I have taken a year and a half of university level Mandarin and a year of university level Japanese, as well as a lot of hours studying on my own) I find Mandarin much easier to learn than Japanese in most aspects. So I don't think you can generalize really. People are individuals and some languages are easier to pick up than others depending on the person. I've had to study Japanese 10 times harder to even come close to my proficiancy level in Mandarin, but that's just me. Good luck to everyone! Study hard!