Pronunciation

Pronunciation/Intonation/pitch accent

1. Prologue: Japanese sounds and romanization (xl)
   1. The mora
   2. Long vowels and long consonants
   3. Pitch accent
2. Question intonation (1-10 BTS 19)
3. Pronouncing the alphabet (3-1 BTS 1)
4. 外来語 (3-3 BTS 14)
5. Empathy-seeking intonation: 古くない？ (21-6 BTS 11)

External Resources for practicing pitch accent patterns

Japanese Pitch-Accent lessons by DOGEN (YouTube Playlist)

Online Japanese Accent Dictionary

A webpage that you can look up different words in Japanese to check the pitch accent patterns and pronunciation  for different conjugations (Credit: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary).

Prosody Tutor Suzuki-kun

A webpage that you can type in or copy and paste a text to analyze the pitch contours (Credit: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary). This resource is great for practicing your presentational skills (Intro video).

JAccent

JAccent is an offline Japanese accent dictionary for Japanese teachers and learners (Credit: JAccent).

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