What major difficulty did the Japanese encounter when they first adopted Chinese characters, known as kanji, for their language?

The two languages had very different grammatical structures.

Chinese characters were considered too simple for Japanese ideas.

There were not enough Chinese characters to write Japanese words.

Korean scholars refused to teach the writing system to them.

What was a major cultural outcome of the development of the kana writing system in Japan?

It allowed for the creation of unique Japanese literature.

It led to the complete abandonment of Chinese characters (kanji).

It caused the Shinto religion to become less popular in Japan.

It was primarily used to reform the government based on Chinese models.

As a written script borrowed from India

Only as a spoken language with no written form

As a system of simple pictures called pictographs

As a mix of Korean and Chinese symbols for trade

Inventing completely new symbols unrelated to any mainland Asian script.

Simplifying Chinese characters to represent Japanese syllables.

Directly copying the alphabet used by Korean scholars.

Combining ancient Japanese drawings with religious symbols.