Abstract
The acquisition of the loan word seems a weak item for a lot of Japanese language learners. In the present study, the questionnaire survey was done for the learners in China and Japan, and the factor related to the acquisition of the vocabulary was analyzed. There was a difference by the environment in China and in Japan. However, it tended to have looked like in a high-ranking mean value of the word and the relation to the study period. The word of the subordinate position tended to have been different according to the vocabulary.