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I can't think of a language that would make it "easier" to then learn Japanese (maybe spanish for the sounds? or mandarin because at least you're learning Kanji)
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Korean has almost the exact same grammar sas Japanese. If you speak Korean you can basically substitute Japanese for Korean words and you get a perfectly correct sentence. Even the honorifics are pretty similar. On top of that, a lot of words sound similar and the concepts/culture is as well. Or how do you think all these Korean Idols in Japan do it?
Chinese uses Kanji characters, which reduces study time tremendously. The meanings/compounds may not be exactly the same, but still.
It's definitely *much* easier for people who speak one of these languages to learn Japanese. That's also what the JLPT statistics show, the average time spent to pass Level 1 of East Asian students is almost half of that spent by others!