Volume 4 No. 1 p 15-23 Omiyage Jurnal Bahasa dan Pembelajaran Bahasa Jepang Online ISSN 2613-9022 Published by Japanese Language Teaching Study Program of FBS Universitas Negeri Padang available at http://omiyage.ppj.unp.ac.id/index.php/omiyage/index UNP JOURNAL Faktor Kesulitan Menulis Sakubun Mahasiswa Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Jepang Universitas Negeri Padang Intan Permata Sari 1 , Hendri Zalman 2 1 Mahasiswa Pendidikan Bahasa Jepang, Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris, Fakultas Bahasa dan Seni, Universitas Negeri Padang), Jl. Prof. Dr. Hamka Air Tawar, Padang 25131 2 Dosen Pendidikan Bahasa Jepang, Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris, Fakultas Bahasa dan Seni, Universitas Negeri Padang ), Jl. Prof. Dr. Hamka Air Tawar, Padang 25131 Email Penulis: intan.roshan22@gmail.com Sejarah Artikel Abstract Submit : 2020-10-07 Diterima : 2021-02-19 Diterbitkan : 2021-06-08 This paper of the results of the preliminary study given to students who have difficulty writing sakubun (japanese vocabulary) This study aims to: describe the factors that cause difficulty in writing sakubun (japanese vocabulary) with two factors of difficulty (1) factors in terms of composition with four indicators (a) difficulty in making essay framework (b) difficulty in writing process (c) difficulty in determining the type of essay ( d) difficulties in determining the plot of essays and (2) factors from a linguistik perspective with four indicators (a) difficulties related to letters (b) difficulties related to vocabulary (c) difficulties related to sentences (d) difficulties using various languages. This research is a combined research (mix method) with descriptive methods. The data from this study is the dificulty of students writing sakubun (japanese vocabulary), while the data source was taken from the results of a questionnaire distributed to 32 students of the Japanese language education study program Padang State University as many 24 statements. This study uses a closed questionnaire distributes using google form. The result of this study are the factors of composition (essay framework, writing process, type of essay, plot of essays) difficulty factors exist in all aspects (except type of essays) and linguistik factors (letters, vocabulary, sentences, various languages) difficulty factors exist in all aspects. Keywords: Factors, Dificulty, Writing, Sakubun (Japanese writing) 1 Mahasiswa Prodi Pendidikan Bahasa Jepang FBS UNP lulus pada tanggal 16-10-2020 2 Dosen Prodi Pendidikan Bahasa Jepang FBS UNP