Pitch accent, phonetics, and guides to sounding natural.
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Complete hiragana and katakana charts organized in gojuon order with animated stroke order demonstrations and printable practice sheets for writing the characters.
Learn the true meaning of ukiyo-e—literally “pictures of the floating world”—including its Buddhist roots, Edo-period shift, subjects, techniques, and how to use the term correctly.
A glossary of Japanese pronunciation, hiragana, katakana, and sword arts terminology with guides to vowels, consonants, and particles for students of iaido and kendo.
Weekly shadowing exercises for intermediate learners featuring audio recordings at normal and slower speeds. Content includes speeches and conversations with transcripts and optional feedback service from instructors.
Dictionary with pitch-accent diagrams, readings, word forms and example sentences organized by kana rows and proficiency levels from beginner to advanced.
Article explaining the Japanese particles yo and ne and their uses in conveying emotion and adding emphasis to sentences. Covers multiple contexts for each particle and their combined usage for intermediate learners.
Blog post explaining the pronunciation and timing of the Japanese little tsu (っ) character, with examples of how incorrect pronunciation creates ambiguity with homophones.
Cloze test exercises for Japanese learners to build vocabulary and listening comprehension, with options to record and receive pronunciation feedback. Covers beginner through advanced levels with themed modules.
Resource list recommending websites for learning Japanese pronunciation, with focus on TUFS Language Modules which offers explanations, practice exercises, and audio for developing natural spoken Japanese.
Guide to Japanese pitch accent patterns in Tokyo dialect, explaining the four standard patterns with interactive audio examples and a searchable dictionary to check pitch patterns of individual words.
Beginner vocabulary lesson for the verb 歩く (to walk), with audio pronunciation, romanized example sentence, and related words.
Explains how relaxed pronunciation works in Japanese, showing how words are abbreviated and distorted in casual speech and manga, with examples of common contractions that differ from dictionary forms.
Tokyo Metropolitan University's collection of educational YouTube videos covering onomatopoeia, pronunciation, linguistic landscape, and specialized Japanese for long-term care, with scripts and subtitles available for.
Analysis of long versus short vowel patterns in kanji onyomi readings, with statistics on frequency to help learners predict pronunciation. Suited for intermediate kanji students.
Use this pronunciation checklist to improve your English accent. Focus on sounds, stress, and clarity with simple daily practice.
Lesson on Japanese pitch accent patterns and vowel devoicing covering four main accent types, how they distinguish homophones, and when vowels lose vocalization between consonants.
An online prosody tutor that teaches Japanese pitch accent and intonation patterns through text-to-speech with visual pitch displays for learners and teachers.
A blog with articles on Japanese pronunciation topics including pitch accent, regional dialects, minimal pairs, onomatopoeia, and kanji readings. Suitable for learners wanting to improve their spoken Japanese.
Free browser-based speech-to-text tool for Japanese that converts spoken Japanese into editable text, useful for practicing dictation and listening comprehension.
Online Japanese accent dictionary with audio recordings and word search tools integrated with major Japanese textbooks, supporting learners and teachers studying pitch accent and intonation.
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