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JAPAN 202RIntermediate Japanese 2

Units
0.50
Faculty
Arts
Subject
Japanese

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 5 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course assists students who completed JAPAN 201R or students with equivalent proficiency in Japanese to develop increasingly complex grammatical knowledge to comprehend and produce a series of well-connected sentences. Students will continue to gain deeper insights in aspects of Japanese culture. Students will learn how to read and write an additional 150 kanji characters and associated words. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to talk politely in workplaces, as well as report an incident from different viewpoints to public offices.

Prerequisites

  • Must have completed the following:

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 001687418 / 40TTh 10:00–11:20

Reviewed on UW Flow

100% liked it63% easy93% useful

From 29 ratings and 10 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • More or less a continuation of 201. Memorizing all the vocab will probably net you a bunch of marks. Also you learn formal speech (legit formal speech, not that masu form monkey business).

    Apr 2016 · liked it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • language itself is hard. if you really want to learn japanese this course is one of the best ive took tho. but like japanese language itself's usage and applies are rlly not as good as u expected unless you are planning to exchange/work in japan or you just like anime too much
    moderate workload, the content itself is quite a lot and the pace is not chill. but like it's a good course if you like this language. apperately the professor enjoys teaching the course I suppose

    Oct 2026 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • More kanji and grammar than 201R. I'm taking it right after 201R so I'm on a perfect pace. Really good prof and you will get detailed comments on your assignments.

    Jan 2025 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Keigo is definitely something that you want study harder.

    Nov 2024 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Amazing class and covers enough stuff that you can start to understand media. Wish I could take more, but for anyone wondering, this will get you up to (almost) n4 test level. If you are trying to decide if you should do the diploma 1 or diploma 2, id recommend teaching yourself genki 1 and skipping to diploma 2 since I ran out of time and wish I could have taken more classes

    Aug 2024 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

3 posts and comments in 3 threads mention JAPAN 202R, October 2017 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Spring 2023

JAPAN 201R material questions 1 point, 2 comments

u/yeenzone: “… I'm a new transfer student who will be taking JAPAN 202R in the fall after having only self-studied beforehand and I have a couple questions about the material of 201R (and prior) while I'm reviewing a bit before classes begin. 1. …”

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Fall 2021

JAPAN assessment 1 point, 10 comments

u/Stranger_Natural: “… After I did the assessment, they recommended me to take either JAPAN 202R or JAPAN 301R. The thing is, I feel like my Japanese writing and reading skills far surpasses my speaking skills, so I don't know if my skills actually match up to what I showed on the assessment. …”

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Fall 2017

Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments

“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”

u/Jackhofmann: “PSYCH 483 PSYCH 484 PSYCH 485 PSYCH 486 PSYCH 490R PSYCH 499A PSYCH 499B PSYCH 499C PSYCH 621 PSYCH 630 PSYCH 677A PSYCH 704A PSYCH 704B PSYCH 707 PSYCH 710 PSYCH 714 PSYCH 717 PSYCH 720A PSYCH 721A …”

u/Jackhofmann: “… IS 420 IS 421 IS 422 ITAL 101 ITAL 155 ITAL 201 ITALST 291 JAPAN 101R JAPAN 102R JAPAN 201R JAPAN 202R JAPAN 301R JS 130 JS 131 JS 211 KIN 104 KIN 104L KIN 105 KIN 121 KIN 217 KIN 301 KIN 320 KIN 340 KIN 343 KIN 346 KIN 354 KIN 357 KIN 372 KIN 391 KIN 405 KIN 406 KIN 407 KIN 418 …”

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