Reviews of professor Masaki Kinjo

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
You need to remember 50 vocabs in merely two days, a quiz every week, a unit test every 2 or 3 weeks, and not even mention an oral exam, presentations and essays in a short amount of prep time. Kinjo's review worksheets and class lectures DO NOT give you the "right" prep for your exams. This class is SUPER frustrating and discouraging.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
KINJO SENSEI? MORE LIKE (KING)JO SENSEI. he is such a savage king,, he referred to my classmate's presentation as the 'lolicon hentai one'. he always sasses us for no reason but he slay. he also truly cares about his students,, he came to my piano recital & ate my food. i've had him for three semesters and i will miss him sm.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Kinjo was a much nicer professor than older reviews would have you believe and was very accommodating. Japanese is a tough language, so keep your expectations realistic. Kinjo covers a lot so the class is fast paced but if you put in the effort he'll notice. He raised my final grade from an A- to an A because he saw the effort I put in.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
DO NOT TAKE ELEMENTARY JAPANESE 1. He teaches so fast, there's so many assignments every day, and there's no time to study it all. And the tests are hard. If you don't already have a basic knowledge of Japanese, don't take this class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
NYU has some amazing Japanese teachersbut Kinjo is REALLYREALLYREALLY BAD. Dont expect him to understand your questions and be responsive. The tests have a lot of things he doesnt teach in class and he will grade the hell out of you. Avoid his class!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Boring class, fast lectures, lots of tests and he could be very rude to some students he doesnt like.