No, Japanese is less difficult than English. This is a clear requirement of the Ministry of Education. This general trend will not change.
Analysis of the difficulty of the Japanese language test paper for the 2022 College Entrance Examination
Compared with previous years, the difficulty of the Japanese language test paper for the 2022 College Entrance Examination is:
1. Listening part, after acceleration in 2021 The speaking speed has remained consistent, slightly faster than the previous questions in 2020, and the question method and word difficulty remain unchanged.
2. In the grammar part, there is no obvious change in terms of the questions we have seen so far. Most of the questions are still between N5 and N4, and like previous years, the five questions are between 50 and 54. , involves some N3 grammar. These grammar points are described in "Master Japanese Grammar for the College Entrance Examination in 30 Days" published by New Oriental.
3. In the composition part, the chart questions provide a wealth of information and are more descriptive and do not require students to organize their own language. Moderate difficulty.
4. In the reading section, the difficulty of most articles remains basically unchanged compared to previous years. One article is expressed in a more Japanese style, which may affect candidates' understanding. Overall, the themes of the college entrance examination reading essays are still more popular, and the questioning methods and option settings of the reading questions are basically the same as in previous years, so the overall difficulty of the reading part has not changed much.
Japanese reading itself has great advantages for Chinese people, and the new words beyond the outline in the college entrance examination questions will be annotated in Chinese, so the increase in the difficulty of the article will not have any impact on students' understanding. Very difficult.